PORTMANTEAU WORDS V
Credit: Jennifer Ramos (#1-5)

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.

Given the definitions below, can you come up with a portmanteau word?

1. Back-to-back-to back championships
2. Employee who rarely takes off
3. Massive
4. Remarkable
5. Example of mixing of two languages
6. Home movie maker
7. Fact/fiction movie or play
8. Slow economic growth and rising prices

Answers:

1. Threepeat
2. Wokaholic
3. Ginormous
4. Bodacious
5. Spanglish 
6. Camcorder 
7. Docudrama 
8. Stagflation