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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Blendword #143421 05/30/2005 3:21 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Is a "blendword" the same thing as a portmanteau? Is a portmanteau the same thing as a frankenword? as you'll see, wikipedia redirects frankenword to portmanteau, and goes on to say that linguists call them blends. Lewis Carroll is given credit for coining portmanteau. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenword Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Stylometry Father Steve 05/29/2005 1:09 PM Metrician carpathian 05/29/2005 1:22 PM Blendword carpathian 05/29/2005 4:37 PM Re: Blendword Father Steve 05/29/2005 7:10 PM Re: Blendword tsuwm 05/30/2005 3:21 AM Re: Blendword Faldage 05/30/2005 9:40 AM Re: Blendword Jackie 05/30/2005 1:56 PM Re: Blendword Faldage 05/30/2005 3:57 PM Re: Blendword Jackie 05/30/2005 11:42 PM Re: Blendword Father Steve 05/31/2005 1:04 AM Re: Stylometry Jackie 05/30/2005 1:15 AM Re: Stylometry Father Steve 05/30/2005 1:34 AM Re: Stylometry Bingley 05/30/2005 6:37 AM 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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