portmantologismn.
/ˌpɔːtmənˈtɒlədʒɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɔrtmənˈtɑləˌdʒɪz(ə)m/ A portmanteau word (see portmanteau n. Compounds 2a).
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telescope word1890
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1887 Spectator 9 Apr. 492/2 An allusion to the ‘Torrible Zone’ which is one of the most beautiful of portmantologisms.
1920 T. Nicklin Sounds of Standard Eng. 85 Sometimes we may surmise that these constructions are what may be called ‘portmantologisms’.
1934 Times 16 Mar. 15/5 The Russian language as spoken in the U.S.S.R. is resorting more and more to the invention of portmantologisms.
1992 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 30 Aug. 6 The Associated Press..reported from Cairo about a recent display of ‘long-forgotten mummies and “mummabilia”’, a portmantologism that would surely have made Lewis Carroll chortle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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