List of portmanteaus: Difference between revisions

A selection of portmanteau words

Animals

• beefalo, from beef and buffalo
• Brangus, from Brahman and Angus breeds of cattle
• cameleopard, from camel and leopard
• cockapoo, from Cocker Spaniel and Poodle
• geep, from goat and sheep (progeny of)
• jackalope, from jackrabbit and antelope
• labradoodle, from Labrador Retriever and Poodle
• liger, from lion and tiger (progeny of male lion and tigress) cf. tiglon/tigon below
• maltipoo, from a Maltese and a poodle
• pegacorn, from a Pegasus and a unicorn
• pekapoo, from Pekingnese and Poodle
• puggle, from a Pug and a Beagle
• schnoodle, from a schnauzer and a poodle
• sheeple, from sheep and people
• squitten, from squirrel and kitten
• tigon, from tiger and lion (progeny of tiger and lioness) cf. liger above
• wallaroo, from wallaby and kangaroo
• zedonk, from zebra and donkey (progeny of)

• golden doodle, golden retriever and poodle ("doodle" in reference to the Labradoodle)

Art, literature and entertainment

• Animaniacs, from Animate and Maniac
• Bennifer, from Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
• biopic, from biography and picture
• blaxploitation, from black and exploitation
• Bootylicious, from booty and delicious
• Brangelina, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
• Brexit, from Britain and exit
• Britcom, from British and comedy
• Britpop, from British and pop music
• Bruceploitation, from Bruce Lee and exploitation
• Californication, from California and fornication
• cassingle, from cassette and single
• celebutante, from celebrity and débutante
• cosplay, from costume and roleplay
• Digimon, from Digital Monsters
• docudrama, from documentary and drama
• docusoap, from documentary and soap opera (serialised drama)
• dramedy, from drama and comedy
• edutainment, from education and entertainment
• Ennuigi, from ennui and Luigi
• infomercial, from information and commercial
• infotainment, from information and entertainment
• edutainment, from education and entertainment
• Electrocutioner from electrocution and executioner
• Ænima from Enema and Anima
• faction, from fact and fiction
• Famicom, from Family Computer
• fandom, from fanatic and (king)-dom
• fanzine, from fan and magazine
• Frankenhooker, from Frankenstein and hooker
• frolf, from Frisbee and golf
• glitterati, from glitter and literati
• Jedward, John and Edward Grimes
• Jazzercise, from jazz and exercise
• Kripkenstein, from Kripke and Wittgenstein
• lamprophrenia, from lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind)
• literotica, from literature and erotica
• machinima, from machine and cinema
• mockumentary, from mock and documentary
• Muppet, from marionette and puppet
• Mutanimals, from mutant and animals
• newscast, from news and broadcast
• Nintendogs, from Nintendo and dogs
• Orgasmatron, from orgasm and -tron
• Pensieve, from pensive and sieve
• Pokémon, from Pocket Monsters (original Japanese title)
• Policenauts, from police and astronaut
• Pornograffitti, from pornography and graffiti
• prequiem, from preemptive and requiem
• religulous, from religion and ridiculous
• Revolusongs, from revolution and songs
• rockumentary, from rock and documentary
• rom-com, short form of romantic comedy
• scanlation, from scan and translation, used for unofficial internet-distributed translations of manga
• Sharknado, from shark and tornado
• Sharktopus, from shark and octopus
• shockumentary, from shock and documentary
• showmance, from show business and romance
• sitcom, from situational and comedy (related(?): SITCOM as backronym, meaning 'Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage')
• slurve, from slider and curve (baseball pitches)
• smark, from smart and mark&nbsp
• soundscape, from sound and landscape
• SPAMasterpiece Theater, from SPAM and Masterpiece Theater
• Talkartoon, from talk and cartoon
• televangelist, from television and evangelist
• The Animatrix, from anime and The Matrix
• TomKat, from Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
• Waluigi, from Japanese warui (bad) and the name Luigi
• Wario, from Japanese warui and the name Mario
• Zootopia (or Zootropolis), from zoo and utopia (or metropolis)

jelena from Justin and selena

Transport

• Ioniq, from ion and unique
• Jeepster, from Jeep and roadster
• moped, from motor and pedal
• motorcade, from motor and cavalcade
• motorcycle, from motorized and bicycle
• Onevia; from 180SX (front) and Silvia (rear), opposite of Sileighty
• Sileighty; from Silvia (front) and 180SX (rear) two Nissan sport coupes (that share parts that can be easily transferred from one to the other),
• Proudia, from proud and diamond
• taxicab, from taximeter and cabriolet
• Toppo, from top and the Japanese word noppo
• Venza, from venture and Monza

Cuisine

• alcopop, from alcohol and pop
• banana cue, from banana and barbecue
• banoffee, from banana and toffee
• broccoflower, from broccoli and cauliflower
• brunch, from breakfast and lunch
• cheeseburger, from cheese and hamburger
• chork, from chopsticks and fork
• Clamato, from clam and tomato juice
• cronut, from croissant and doughnut
• flavorite, from flavor and favorite
• Frankenfood, from Frankenstein and food
• frappuccino, from frappé and cappuccino
• frogurt, from frozen and yogurt
• knork, from knife and fork
• mocktail, from mock and cocktail
• P'zone, from pizza and calzone (popularized by Pizza Hut)
• peacherine, from peach and nectarine
• peacotum, from peach, apricot and plum
• pluot, from plum and apricot
• scotchka, from scotch and vodka
• spife, from spoon and knife
• sporf, from spoon, fork and knife
• spork, from spoon and fork
• tangelo, from tangerine and pomelo
• tofurkey, from tofu and turkey
• tomacco, from tomato and tobacco
• trongs, from tri- and tongs
• turducken, from turkey, duck, and chicken

General

• Abenomics, from Shinzō Abe and economics
• affluenza, from affluence and influenza
• Amerind peoples, from American and Indian
• Amerithrax, from American and anthrax attacks
• Ametrine, a gemstone composed of amethyst and citrine
• anacronym, from anachronism and acronym
• anecdata, from anecdote and data
• arcology, from architecture and ecology
• automobilia, from automobile and memorabilia
• avionics, from aviation and electronics
• babymoon, from baby and honeymoon
• backronym, from backwards and acronym
• banjitar, a combination musical instrument of a banjo and a guitar
• bankster, from banker and gangster
• beurgeois, from beur and bourgeois
• bicurious, from bisexual and curious
• blaccent, from black and accent – used by non-blacks who try to sound black
• bleen, from blue and green (coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate Goodman's paradox)
• botel, from boat and hotel ( i.e. Boat Hotel in SEA )
• brainiac, from brain and maniac
• breathalyzer, from breath and analyzer
• Brexit, From Britain and exit (with regards to possibly leaving the EU)
• bromance, from brother and romance
• brony, from "bro" and pony – the fanbase for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• bullycide, from bullying and suicide
• camcorder, from camera and recorder
• carjack, from car and hijack
• celesbian, from celebrity and lesbian
• chavtastic, from chav and fantastic (meaning, 'having many characteristics of a chav', rather than a 'fantastic chav')
• chillax, from chill and relax
• Chinarello, from China and Pinarello (used to describe a counterfeit Pinarello racing bike).
• Chinglish, English and Chinese mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Spanglish, Franglais)
• chokebreaker, from chokeslam and backbreaker
• chortle, from chuckle and snort (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• Chrismukkah, from Christmas and Hanukkah (popularized by The O.C.)
• chuggers, from charity and muggers
• Chunnel, from (English) Channel and tunnel
• Clintonomics, from Bill Clinton and economics
• clopen set, from closed-open set
• coopetition, from cooperation and competition
• cremains, from cremate and remains
• cryptanalysis, from cryptogram and analysis
• cryptex, from cryptology and codex
• cyberdelic, from prefix cyber- and psychedelic
• Diamat, from Dialectical Materialism
• digerati, from digital and literati
• digipeater, from digital and repeater
• Ebonics, from ebony and phonics
• ecoteur, from ecological and saboteur
• electrocute, from electric and execute
• endorphin, from endogenous and morphine
• epigenetics, from epigenesis and genetics
• fantabulous, from fantastic and fabulous
• femdom, from female and dominance
• feminazi, from feminist and Nazi
• Fleshlight, from flashlight and flesh
• fluidram, from fluid and dram
• Franglais, French and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Spanglish)
• Forex, from foreign exchange
• fratire, from fraternity and satire
• Freakonomics, from freak and economics
• frenemy, from friend and enemy
• gamestorming, from games and brainstorming
• galumphing. from galloping and triumphant (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• gaydar, from gay and radar
• Gerrymander, from Elbridge Gerry and salamander
• ginormous, from gigantic and enormous
• glamping, from glamour and camping
• greenwash, from green and whitewash
• grue, from green and blue (see bleen, above)
• guesstimate, from guess and estimate
• guitalele, from guitar and ukulele
• guyliner, from a guy and eyeliner, eyeliner for men
• hasbian, from has been and lesbian
• Homocaust, from homosexual and Holocaust
• hubot, from human and robot
• imagineering, from imagination and engineering
• incognegro, from incognito and negro
• irregardless, from irrespective and regardless
• Jatimatic, from Jali Timari and automatic
• Jegan, from Jon and Megan
• jeggings, from jeans and leggings
• jorts, from jeans and shorts
• keytar, from keyboard and guitar
• kidult, from kid and adult
• lidar, from light and radar
• mafic, from magnesium and ferric
• manbag, from man and handbag
• mangina, from man and vagina
• manosphere, from man and atmosphere
• manscaping, from man and landscaping
• mansplaining, from man and explaining
• mathlete, from math and athlete
• mechatronics, from mechanical and electronics
• meld, from melt and weld
• Merkozy, from (Angela) Merkel and (Nicolas) Sarkozy
• metrosexual, from metropolitan and heterosexual
• mimsy, from miserable and flimsy (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• mizzle, from mist and drizzle
• mobisode, from mobile (phone) and episode
• mockney, from mock and Cockney
• moobs, from man and boobs
• motel, from motor and hotel
• murse, from man and purse, or alternatively, male and nurse
• napalm, from naphthene and palmitate
• neither, from not and either
• nuyorican, from New York and Puerto Rican
• Oxbridge, from Oxford and Cambridge
• paratrooper, from parachute and trooper
• Pastafarian, from pasta and Rastafarian; from Pastafarianism or The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
• pegasister, from pegasus and sister
• pleather, from plastic and leather
• posistor, from positive and thermistor
• prosumer, from either producer or professional and consumer
• proteome, from proteins and genome
• protoflight, from prototype and flight (hardware)
• punny, from pun and funny
• radome, from radar and dome
• Reaganomics, from Ronald Reagan and economics
• Rogernomics, from Roger Douglas and economics
• Ruthanasia, from Ruth Richardson and euthanasia
• satisficing, from satisfy and suffice
• sexercise, from sex and exercise
• sexpert, from sex and expert (refers mainly to people who give advice about sex and sexual matters)
• sexploitation, from sex and exploitation
• sexting, from sex and texting
• shart, from shit and fart
• shemale, from she and male
• simulcasting, from simultaneous and broadcasting
• skitching. from skating and hitching
• skort, from skirt and short (as in short pants)
• skyjack, from sky and hijack
• slanguage, from slang and language
• slithy, from slimy and lithe (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• smog, from smoke and fog
• snark, from snide and remark
• snatiation, from sneeze and satiation
• snice, from snow and ice
• snowmageddon, from snow and armageddon
• spange, from spare and change
• Spanglish, Spanish and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Franglais)
• stagflation, from stagnation and inflation
• starchitect, from star and architect
• statite, from static and satellite
• staycation, from stay and vacation
• surfactant, from surface active agent
• swapportunity, from swap and opportunity, an opportunity to swap
• swaption, from swap and option
• Taglish, from Tagalog and English
• tensegrity, from tensional and integrity
• terrist, from Terra and terrorist
• Thanksgivukkah, from Thanksgiving Day and Hanukkah
• thermistor, from thermal and resistor
• threepeat, from three and repeat
• toonie, from two and loonie
• transceiver, from transmitter and receiver
• transistor, from transfer and resistor
• transponder, from transmitter and responder
• truggy, from pick-up truck and dune buggy
• urinalysis, from urine and analysis
• utilidor, from utilities and corridor
• valleyspeak, from San Fernando Valley and speaker
• vitamer, from vitamin and isomer
• vomitrocious, from vomit and atrocious
• workaholic, from work and alcoholic
• wuss, from wimp and pussy
• Zupta, from Jacob Zuma and Gupta

Internet and computing

• abend, from abnormal and end
• alphanumeric, from alphabetic and numeric
• ASCIIbetical, from ASCII and alphabetical
• balun, from balanced and unbalanced
• bit, from binary and digit
• blog, from web and log
• brogrammer, from bro and programmer
• codec, from coder and decoder
• companding, from compressing and expanding
• Darwine, from Darwin and WINE
• datacasting, from data and broadcasting
• digerati, from digital and literati
• email, from electronic and mail
• emoticon, from emotion and icon
• favicon, from favourite and icon
• frecency, from frequency and recency
• freeware, from free and software
• Hackintosh, from hack and Macintosh
• hacktivism, from hack and activism
• Intellivision, from intelligent and television
• Jython, from Java and Python
• Kinect, from kinetic and connection
• knowledgebase, from knowledge and database
• Linux, from Linus and Unix
• listicle, from list and article
• malware, from malicious and software
• memex, from memory and index
• modem, from modulator and demodulator
• mozilla, from "mosaic killer" + godzilla
• mutex, from mutual and exclusion
• nanotech, from nano and technology
• netiquette, from Internet and etiquette
• netizen, from (Inter)net and citizen
• phablet, from phone and tablet
• pixel, from picture and element
• podcast, from iPod and broadcast
• qubit, from quantum and bit
• screenshot, from screen and snapshot
• SerDes, from serialize and deserialize
• shareware, from share and software
• Skype, from sky and peer-to-peer
• spamdexing, from spam and indexing
• sporgery, from spam and forgery
• sysadmin, from system and administrator
• sysop, from system and operator
• treap, from tree and heap
• upsert, from update and insert
• vaporware, from vapor and software
• vlog, from video and blog
• voxel, from volume and pixel
• webcast, from World Wide Web and broadcast
• webinar, from World Wide Web and seminar
• webisode, from World Wide Web and episode
• Wikipedia, from wiki and encyclopedia
• Wintel, from Windows and Intel

Marketing

• advertainment, from advertising and entertainment
• advertorial, from advertising and editorial
• cineplex, from cinema and complex (building)
• confusopoly, from confusion and monopoly or oligopoly
• multiplex, from multiple and complex – this word has a different meaning in telecommunications
• telemarketing, from telephone and marketing

Organizations and companies

[ginormous] giant and enormous

• Accenture, from accent and future (accent on the future)
• Adidas, from Adolf "Adi" Dassler
• Alstom, from Alsace and Thompson-Houston. Originally spelled "Alsthom", the h was removed in 2008 (the company was named GEC-Alsthom at the time)
• AmEx, from American Express
• Amstrad, from Alan Michael Sugar Trading
• Amtrak, from American and track
• Bakerloo line, from Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
• CAPCOM, from capsule and communicator, the person at a NASA ground station responsible for maintaining voice communications with orbiting manned space capsules
• Carborundum, from carbon and corundum
• Citibank, from city and bank. The bank was formerly known as the First National City Bank of New York.
• Citigroup, from city and group
• Comcast, from communication and broadcast
• ComEd from commonwealth and (Thomas) Edison. The largest electric utility in Illinois that serves the Chicago area
• Compaq, from compatibility and quality
• ConDem, from Conservative and Democrats. A collective name for the 2010 UK coalition government between the Conservative and the Liberal Democrat Party
• CONMEBOL, from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation")
• Copa, from compania and Panamena
• Creamsicle, from cream and popsicle
• Debian, from Ian Murdock and his wife Debra
• Digitas, from Digital and Veritas
• Edexcel, from educational and excellence
• FedEx, from the company's original name, Federal Express
• Fluidrive, from fluid and drive
• Fudgsicle, from fudge and popsicle
• Funimation, from fun and animation
• Garmin, from Gary Burrell and Min Kao
• Groupon, from group and coupon
• Imagineering, from Imagine (or Imagination) and Engineering
• Intel, from integrated and electronics
• Kmart, from S. S. Kresge and the word mart
• LATAM, from Lan Airlines and TAM Airlines
• Lenovo, from legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new").
• Mattel, from Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler
• Medi-Cal, California's name for their Medicaid program, from medical and California
• Medicaid, from medicine/medical and aid
• Medicare, from medicine/medical and care
• Microsoft, from microcomputer and software
• Mitel, from Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews and Lawnmowers after the company's original business plan
• NatWest, from National Westminister Bank
• Netflix, from internet and flicks (slang for movie)
• Nikon, from Nippon Kōgaku and Ikon
• Pinterest, from pin and interest
• Poo-Pourri, from poo and potpourri
• Prancercise, from prance and exercise
• Prevacid, from prevent and acid
• Sega, from Service Games
• Sony, from sonus (Latin for sound) and sonny (slang for youngster)
• Toonami, from cartoon and tsunami
• Toshiba, from Shibaura Seisaku-sho and Tokyo Denki through the merger of Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K.
• Travelocity, from travel and velocity
• Triscuit, from triple (three ingredients) and biscuit
• Ultrabook, from ultraportable and notebook
• Verizon, from veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon
• Victorinox, from Victoria (the company founder's mother) and inox (stainless steel)
• Waitrose, from Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose
• Walmart, from Sam Walton and the word mart
• Wikipedia, from wiki and encyclopedia
• WinCo, from Winning Company
• Yosicle, from yogurt and popsicle
• Yokomo, from Yokobori Model Shop (original name)

Places

See also: Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names

• Autopia, attraction in Disneyland, from automobile and utopia
• Ballico, from Ballintine Company
• Benelux, from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• Birome, from Bickham and James Cartwright, landowners
• BosWash, from Boston and Washington D.C.
• Brockton, from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton
• Calexico, from California and Mexico
• Calistoga, from California and Saratoga
• Canwood, from Canadian and woodlands
• Chiberia, from Chicago and Siberia
• Chindia, from China and India
• Clerval, from claire vallée, French for "clear valley"
• Cotai, from Coloane and Taipa
• Czechoslovakia, from Czech and Slovakia
• Dalworthington Gardens a city in north Texas, from Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington.
• Delmarva, from Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
• Delran Township, from the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek
• Donora, from William Donner and Nora Mellon
• Dowisetrepla, from Downwind of the Sewage Treatment Plant (from How I Met Your Mother, a television Sitcom)
• Eurasia, from Europe and Asia
• Fairborn, from Fairfield and Osborn
• Glenbard, from Glen Ellyn and Lombard
• Harvey Cedars, from harvest and cedars
• Hillcrest, from Country Club Hills and Hazel Crest
• Hollansburg, from Hollaman and Harland, landowners
• Illiana, from Illinois and Indiana
• Indialantic, from Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean
• Irrigon, from irrigation and Oregon
• Jardee, from Jardanup and Deeside
• Kanwaka Township and Kanwaka, from the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers
• Kentuckiana, from Kentucky and Indiana
• Kormak, from Charles Korpela and Oscar Maki, settlers
• Mexicali, from Mexico and California
• Michiana, from Michigan and Indiana
• Millux, from Miller & Lux Corp.
• MoCo, from Montgomery County, Maryland
• Monterey, from the Spanish words monte (mountain) and rey (king)
• Navelencia, from navel and Valencia oranges
• NoMa, from North of Massachusetts Ave
• NOVA, from Northern Virginia
• NYLON, from New York City and London.
• Nylonkong, from New York City, London, and Hong Kong.
• Ohaton, from the Osler, Hammond and Nanton company
• Pennsyltucky, from Pennsylvania and Kentucky
• Sauk Prairie, from Sauk City and Prairie du Sac
• Scarberia, from Scarborough and Siberia
• SeaTac and Sea-Tac Airport, from Seattle and Tacoma
• SoHo, Hong Kong, South of Hollywood Road
• SoHo, Manhattan, from South of Houston Street
• Stravenue, from street and avenue
• Tamiami, from Tampa and Miami
• Tanzania, from Tanganyika and Zanzibar
• Texarkana, from Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana
• Tribeca, from Triangle Below Canal Street
• The Tridge, from Tri-Cities and bridge
• Valsetz, from the Valley and Siletz Railroad, now a ghost town
• WaKeeney, from Warren, Keeney, & Co.
• Westarctica, name of a micronation from West and Antarctica
• Willowick, from Willoughby and Wickliffe, OH
• Woolaroc, from woods, lakes and rocks

Sciences

• botox, from botulism and toxin
• chemokine, from chemotactic and cytokine
• cyborg, from cybernetic and organism
• endorphin, from endogenous and morphine
• glymphatic system, from glial and lymphatic
• hazmat, from hazardous and material
• Pellistor, from pellet and resistor
• positron, from positive and electron
• redox, from reduction and oxidation
• stiction, from static and friction
• vitamin, from vital and mineral
• wavicle, from wave and particle

Sports and fitness

• BoxRec, from boxing and records
• Can-Am, from Canadian-American Challenge Cup
• Cro Cop, from Croatian Cop
• Deaflympics, from deaf and Olympics
• Mobot, from Mo (Farah) and robot
• Motocross, from motorcycle and cross country
• Monzanapolis, from Monza and Indianapolis
• Paralympics, from parallel and Olympics
• streetball, from street and basketball
• Supercross, from Superbowl of Motocross
• Tae Bo, from taekwondo and boxing
• Trans-Am, from Trans-American Sedan Championship

See also

• List of acronyms
• Syllabic abbreviation