A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words, or their phones (sounds), and their meanings are combined into a new word. A portmanteau word fuses both the sounds and the meanings of its components, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.
Here's a list of 21 portmanteau words you may be familiar with, along with some more obscure examples.
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