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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Portmanteau Words #130613 07/21/2004 3:50 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Portmanteau words are useful, particularly if the coiner/user is attempting to be tongue-in-cheek funny, but less so in serious discourse. The person who coined the synonym for them -- frankenword -- did a good thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Scoodles Father Steve 07/21/2004 1:44 AM Re: Scoodles Faldage 07/21/2004 2:13 AM Portmanteau Words Father Steve 07/21/2004 3:50 AM Re: Portmanteau Words Faldage 07/21/2004 10:56 AM The Slippery Slope Father Steve 07/21/2004 6:42 PM Re: The Slippery Slope clockworkchaos 07/21/2004 7:08 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Zed 07/21/2004 7:23 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Flatlander 07/22/2004 12:10 PM Re: Cahoots AnnaStrophic 07/22/2004 12:38 PM Re: The Slippery Slope belMarduk 07/22/2004 12:55 PM Re: The Slippery Slope jheem 07/22/2004 1:03 PM Re: Poodles AnnaStrophic 07/22/2004 1:32 PM Re: Poodles jheem 07/22/2004 1:57 PM Re: Poodles AnnaStrophic 07/22/2004 2:05 PM Re: Poodles jheem 07/22/2004 6:35 PM Re: splainifying Poodles jheem 07/22/2004 7:09 PM Re: splainifying Poodles tsuwm 07/22/2004 7:33 PM Re: splainifying Poodles Faldage 07/22/2004 9:45 PM Re: splainifying Poodles Zed 07/22/2004 10:27 PM Re: Poodles wow 07/22/2004 1:34 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Father Steve 07/21/2004 9:51 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Faldage 07/21/2004 10:24 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Zed 07/21/2004 10:34 PM Re: The Slippery Slope birdfeed 07/22/2004 3:34 PM The Drug Store musick 07/21/2004 11:03 PM Re: The Slippery Slope Father Steve 07/22/2004 5:35 AM Re: The Slippery Slope Faldage 07/22/2004 10:57 AM Re: The Slippery Slope jheem 07/21/2004 10:38 PM Re: Scoodles Jackie 07/21/2004 2:33 AM Re: Scoodles TEd Remington 07/21/2004 8:17 PM The Dalmatian of Faust Father Steve 07/21/2004 9:49 PM Re: goo-yes... Buffalo Shrdlu 07/21/2004 9:50 PM Re: goo-yes... Flatlander 07/22/2004 12:01 PM Found out there somewhere TEd Remington 07/22/2004 4:48 PM Re: Found out there somewhere Father Steve 07/22/2004 6:35 PM Re: Found out there somewhere Zed 07/22/2004 7:32 PM Re: Mixed breeds wow 07/23/2004 2:56 PM Re: Scoodles Faldage 07/23/2004 10:50 AM Re: Scoodles Jackie 07/23/2004 1:29 PM Re: Scoodles jheem 07/23/2004 2:32 PM Re: Scoodles Faldage 07/23/2004 10:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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