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A portmanteau (or lexical blend) is a word created by blending the sounds and meanings of two distinct existing words (such as "brunch" from breakfast + lunch).
The literary term was coined by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 classic "Through the Looking-Glass". Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice that words like "slithy" (slimy + lithe) and "mimsy" (miserable + flimsy) are like a portmanteau suitcase: "there are two meanings packed into one word." In modern technology and culture, portmanteaus are the primary engine of new vocabulary, giving us words like "podcast" (iPod + broadcast), "pixel" (picture + element), "cyborg" (cybernetic + organism), and "glamping" (glamorous + camping).
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Verified English words exemplifying portmanteaus (lexical blends) with Scrabble scores
Linguistic definitions, etymological origins, and tournament usage
A portmanteau (or lexical blend) is a word created by fusing the sounds and meanings of two distinct words together, such as "smog" from smoke and fog.