Wednesday, August 27, 2014

PORTMANTEAU WORDS IV

A PORTMANTEAU is a blend of two words into one new word that combines the sounds and meanings of the component words. SMOG is a combination of SMOKE and FOG. MOTEL is a blend of MOTOR and HOTEL. The word comes from portmanteau luggage - a folding suitcase with two compartments, and was first used in this context by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass.

Can you name the portmanteau words suggested by the following clues?

1. Chuckle - snort
2. Ebony - phonics
3. Car - hijack
4. Oxford - Cambridge
5. Pun - funny
6. Squirm - wiggle
7. Three - repeat
8. Picture - element
9. Cinema - complex
10. Information - commercial
11. Taco - burrito
12. Imagination - Engineering

Answers:

1. Chortle  (coined by Lewis Carroll)
2. Ebonics
3. Carjack
4. Oxbridge
5. Punny
6. Squiggle
7. Threepeat
8. Pixel
9. Cineplex
10. Infomercial
11. Taquito
12. Imagineering  (Disney term)

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