Word of the Day--"portmanteau"
Hello all. A couple of weeks ago, an anonymous commenter suggested an interesting word, Portmanteau. I thought I would investigate; here's to you anonymous person:-)
Today's W.O.D. is PORTMANTEAU
Parts of Speech:
noun
adjective
Definition:
1. a large suitcase
2. a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms
This is a pretty unusual word, "Anonymous Person". Below are a few examples.
Example:
Smoke and Fog = Smog
Wiki and Encyclopedia = Wikipedia
Tanganyika (an East African territory) and Zanibar (a part of the East African Republic of Tanzania) joined in 1964 to form "Tanzania"
What do you think? For more information about Portmanteau, click here.
Feel free to use this word in a sentence in the comment box or offer your own W.O.D. to be featured next Wednesday.
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2 comments:
Portmanteau is actually a french word. But it's also used in english. There are few others french words in english like "voila", "touché" ....
yea, i learned that as well. it is a pretty interesting word. thanks for the visit.
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