List of portmanteaus

This is a partial list of notable portmanteaus or "blends" — words formed by combining two other words, in the English language.

General

• affluenza, from affluence and influenza
• anacronym, from anachronism and acronym
• anecdata, from anecdote and data
• automobilia, from automobile and memorabilia
• avionics, from aviation and electronics
• backronym, from backwards and acronym
• banjitar, a combination musical instrument of a banjo and a guitar
• beurgeois, from beur and bourgeois
• blaccent, from black and accent - used of non-blacks who try to sound black
• blaxploitation, from black and exploitation
• bleen, from blue and green (coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate Goodman's paradox)
• bodacious, from bold and audacious was made popular during the 80's.
• Bootylicious, from booty and delicious - a title of a Destiny's Child song
• breathalyzer, from breath and analyzer
• bromance, from brother and romance
• brunch, from breakfast and lunch
• camcorder, from camera and recorder
• carjack, from car and hijack
• chavtastic, from chav and fantastic (meaning, 'having many characteristics of a chav', rather than a 'fantastic chav')
• Chinglish, English and Chinese mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Spanglish, Franglais)
• chortle, from chuckle and snort (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• clopen, from closed and open
• cocacolonization, from Coca-Cola and colonization
• cremains, from cremate and remains
• cryptex, from cryptology and codex
• Cyberpunk, from cybernetics and punk
• cyborg, from cybernetic and organism
• Diamat, from Dialectical Materialism
• digipeater, from digital and repeater
• ebonics, from ebony and phonics
• ecoteur, from ecological and saboteur
• faction, from fact and fiction
• fantabulous, from fantastic and fabulous
• foon, from fork and spoon (see spork, below)
• flavorite, from flavor and favorite
• Franglais, French and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Spanglish)
• frankenfood, from Frankenstein and food
• frankenword, from Frankenstein and word
• fratire, from fraternity and satire
• frenemy, from friend and enemy
• gaydar, from gay and radar
• gerrymander, from Elbridge Gerry and salamander
• ginormous, from gigantic and enormous
• greenwash, from green and whitewash
• grue, from green and blue (see bleen, above)
• guesstimate, from guess and estimate
• guitarlin, combination musical instrument of a guitar and mandolin
• hasbian, from has been and lesbian
• irregardless, from irrespective and regardless
• jazzercise, from jazz and exercise
• jeggings, from jeans and leggings
• mathlete, from math and athlete
• meld, from melt and weld
• mechatronics, from mechanical and electronics
• mizzle, form mist and drizzle
• mobisode, from mobile (phone) and episode
• mockney, from mock and Cockney
• mockumentary, from mock and documentary
• moobs, from man and boobs
• moped, from motor and pedal
• motel, from motor and hotel
• murse, from man and purse
• napalm, from naphthene and palmitate
• newscast, from news and broadcast
• Oxbridge, from Oxford and Cambridge
• paratrooper, from parachute and trooper
• Pastafarian, from pasta and Rastafarian. From Pastafarianism or The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
• pizzone (food), from pizza and calzone (popularized by Pizza Hut)
• Plytanium, brand of plywood from titanium and plywood
• posistor, from positive and thermistor
• prosumer, from either producer or professional and consumer
• radome, from radar and dome
• redox, from reduction and oxidation
• rockumentary, from rock and documentary (also mockumentary, from mock and documentary)
• sexercise, from sex and exercise
• sexpert, from sex and expert (refers mainly to people who give advice about sex and sexual matters)
• sexploitation, from sex and exploitation
• sexting, from sex and texting
• shart, from shit and fart
• simulcasting, from simultaneous and broadcasting
• skort, from skirt and short (as in short pants)
• skyjack, from sky and hijack
• smog, from smoke and fog
• snark, from snide and remark
• snatiation. from sneeze and satiation
• soundscape, from sound and landscape
• Spanglish, Spanish and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Franglais)
• spork, from spoon and fork
• squiggle, from squirm and wiggle
• stagflation, from stagnation and inflation
• swapportunity, an opportunity to swap from swap and opportunity
• swaption, from swap and option
• tangelo, from tangerine and pomelo
• televangelist, from television and evangelist
• terrist, from Terra and terrorist
• thermistor, from thermal and resistor
• tofurkey, from tofu and turkey
• toonie, from two and loonie
• transponder, from transmitter and responder
• turducken, from turkey, duck, and chicken
• urinalysis, from urine and analysis
• wigger, from white and nigger
• woon, from wooden and spoon (flat wooden things for eating dished ice cream)
• yestergay, from yesterday and gay

Internet and computing

• alphanumeric, from alphabetic and numeric
• ASCIIbetical, from ASCII and alphabetical
• bit, from binary and digit
• codec, from coder and decoder
• datacasting, from data and broadcasting
• digerati, from digital and literati
• emoticon, from emotion and icon
• freeware, from free and software
• knowledgebase, from knowledge and database
• malware, from malicious and software
• modem, from modulator and demodulator
• nanotech, from nano and technology
• netizen, from (Inter)net and citizen
• netiquette, from (Inter)net and etiquette (similarly, wikiquette)
• pixel, from picture and element
• qubit, from quantum and bit
• shareware, from share and software
• sysop, from system and operator
• sysadmin, from system and administrator
• spamdexing, from spam and indexing
• sporgery, from spam and forgery
• treap, from tree and heap
• voxel, from volume and pixel
• vlog, from video and blog
• webcast, from Worldwide Web and broadcast
• webisode, from Worldwide Web and episode
• Wintel, from Windows and Intel

Marketing

• advertainment, from advertising and entertainment
• advertorial, from advertising and editorial
• biopic, from biographical and motion picture
• cineplex, from cinema and complex (building)
• docudrama, from documentary and drama
• docusoap, from documentary and soap opera (serialised drama)
• dramedy, from drama and comedy
• edutainment, from education and entertainment
• infomercial, from information and commercial
• infotainment, from information and entertainment
• multiplex, from multiple and cineplex! - this word has a different meaning in telecommunications
• shockumentary, from documentary and shock

Art, literature and entertainment

• arfé, from art and café
• Bollywood, from Bombay and Hollywood
• Brangelina, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
• britcom, from British and comedy (see also: sitcom)
• dubtitle, from dub and subtitle, for subtitles transcribed, from dubbed soundtrack, especially in anime
• Kripkenstein, from Kripke and Wittgenstein, coined to describe a philosophical position that Kripke argued one could read into Wittgenstein's work, but which neither he nor Wittgenstein accepted.
• machinima, from machine and cinema
• mannon, from man and cannon, first seen in the videogame Halo 3.
• mockumentary, from mock and documentary
• Orgasmatron, from orgasm and electron(ic) -, from Woody Allen's Sleeper
• Policenauts, from police and astronaut
• sacrilicious, from sacrilege and delicious, used by Homer Simpson
• scanlation, from scan and translation, used for unofficial internet-distributed translations of manga
• sitcom, from situation and comedy (related(?): SITCOM as backronym, meaning 'Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage')
• slurve, form slider and curve (baseball pitches)
• smark, from smart and mark - professional wrestling slang for fans who recognize the scripted nature of the business, but still enjoy the in-ring entertainment
• streetball, from street and basketball

Organizations and companies

• Accenture, from accent and future (accent on the future)
• Alstom, from Alsace and Thompson-Houston. First spelled "Alsthom", the h is removed in 2008 (the company was named GEC-Alsthom at the time)
• Amtrak, from American and track
• Carborundum, from carbon and corundum.
• Compaq, from compatibility and quality
• CONMEBOL, from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation")
• CONELRAD
• ConDem, From Conservative and Democrats. A collective name for the 2010 UK coalition government between the Conservative and the Liberal Democrat Party
• Debian, from founder Ian Murdock and his wife Debra
• Edexcel, from educational and excellence
• FedEx, from the company's original name, Federal Express
• Groupon, from group and coupon
• Intel, from integrated and electronics
• Mattel, from founders names Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler
• Microsoft, from microcomputer and software
• Mitel, from founders names Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews and Lawnmowers after the company's original business plan
• Palmolive, from palm and olive
• Sony, from sonus (Latin for sound) and sonny (slang for youngster)
• Verizon, from veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon
• Waitrose, from founders' names Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose

Animal

• beefalo, from beef and buffalo (progeny of)
• Brangus, from Brahman and Angus breeds of cattle (progeny of)
• geep, from goat and sheep (progeny of)
• liger, from lion and tiger (progeny of male lion and tigress) cf. tiglon/tigon below
• tigon, from tiger and lion (progeny of tiger and lioness) cf. liger above
• turducken, from turkey, duck, and chicken (a culinary dish)
• zeedonk, from zebra and donkey (progeny of)
• wallaroo, from wallaby and kangaroo
• wholphin, from whale and dolphin

Others

• Chokebreaker, from chokeslam and backbreaker

See also

• List of acronyms and initialisms