List of portmanteaus

A selection of portmanteau words of the English language are listed below.

Animals

• beefalo, from beef and buffalo
• Brangus, from Brahman and Angus breeds of cattle
• cameleopard, from camel and leopard
• cockapoo, from Cocker Spaniel and Poodle
• geep, from goat and sheep (progeny of)
• jackalope, from jackrabbit and antelope
• labradoodle, from Labrador Retriever and Poodle
• liger, from lion and tiger (progeny of male lion and tigress) cf. tiglon/tigon below
• maltipoo, from a Maltese and a poodle
• pegacorn, from a Pegasus and a unicorn
• pekapoo, from Pekingnese and Poodle
• puggle, from a Pug and a Beagle
• schnoodle, from a schnauzer and a poodle
• sheeple, from sheep and people
• squitten, from squirrel and kitten
• tigon, from tiger and lion (progeny of tiger and lioness) cf. liger above
• wallaroo, from wallaby and kangaroo
• zedonk, from zebra and donkey (progeny of)

Art, literature and entertainment

• arfé, from art and café
• Bennifer, from Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
• biopic, from biography and picture
• Brangelina, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
• Britcom, from British and comedy
• Californication, from California and fornication
• cassingle, from cassette and single
• celebutante, from celebrity and débutante
• cosplay, from costume and play
• dramedy, from drama and comedy
• edutainment, from education and entertainment
• Electrocutioner from electrocution and executioner
• faction, from fact and fiction
• Famicom, from the two words forming the name of the Japanese Nintendo Entertainment System, the Family Computer
• fandom, from fanatic and (king)-dom
• fanzine, from fan and magazine
• frolf, from Frisbee and golf
• glitterati, from glitter and literati
• Jazzercise, from jazz and exercise
• 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.
• literotica, from literature and erotica
• machinima, from machine and cinema
• mockumentary, from mock and documentary
• newscast, from news and broadcast
• Nintendogs, from Nintendo and dogs
• Orgasmatron, from orgasm and -tron, from Woody Allen's Sleeper
• Pensieve, from pensive and sieve
• Policenauts, from police and astronaut
• Pornograffitti, from the 1990 album by the band Extreme
• religulous, from religion and ridiculous
• Revolusongs, from revolution and songs, EP by the band Sepultura
• rockumentary, from rock and documentary
• rom-com, short form of romantic comedy
• sacrilicious, from sacrilege and delicious, used by Homer Simpson
• scanlation, from scan and translation, used for unofficial internet-distributed translations of manga
• Sharknado, from shark and tornado
• Sharktopus, from shark and octopus
• sitcom, from situational and comedy (related(?): SITCOM as backronym, meaning 'Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage')
• slurve, from 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
• soundscape, from sound and landscape
• streetball, from street and basketball
• Talkartoon, from talk and cartoon
• televangelist, from television and evangelist
• The Animatrix, from anime and The Matrix
• TomKat, from Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
• Waluigi, from Japanese warui (bad) and the name Luigi
• Wario, from Japanese warui and the name Mario

Cuisine

• alcopop, from alcohol and pop
• banana cue, from banana and barbecue
• broccoflower, from broccoli and cauliflower
• brunch, from breakfast and lunch
• cheeseburger, from cheese and hamburger
• chork, from chopsticks and fork
• Clamato, from clam and tomato juice
• cronut, from croissant and doughnut
• flavorite, from flavor and favorite
• Frankenfood, from Frankenstein and food
• frappuccino, from frappé and cappuccino
• knork, from knife and fork
• mocktail, from mock and cocktail
• P'zone, from pizza and calzone (popularized by Pizza Hut)
• peacherine, from peach and nectarine
• peacotum, from peach, apricot and plum
• pluot, from plum and apricot
• scotchka, from scotch and vodka
• spife, from spoon and knife
• sporf, from spoon, fork and knife
• spork, from spoon and fork
• tangelo, from tangerine and pomelo
• tofurkey, from tofu and turkey
• tomacco, from tomato and tobacco
• trongs, from tri- and tongs
• turducken, from turkey, duck, and chicken

General

• affluenza, from affluence and influenza
• Amerind peoples, from American and Indian
• Amerithrax, from American and anthrax attacks
• Ametrine, a gemstone composed of amethyst and citrine
• anacronym, from anachronism and acronym
• anecdata, from anecdote and data
• arcology, from architecture and ecology
• 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
• bankster, from banker and gangster
• beurgeois, from beur and bourgeois
• bicurious, from bisexual and curious
• blaccent, from black and accent – used by 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)
• Bootylicious, from booty and delicious
• botel, from boat and hotel ( i.e. Boat Hotel in SEA )
• BoxRec, from boxing and records
• brainiac, from brain and maniac
• breathalyzer, from breath and analyzer
• Brexit, From Britain and exit (with regards to possibly leaving the EU)
• bromance, from brother and romance
• brony, from "bro" and pony – the fanbase for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• bullycide, from bullying and suicide
• camcorder, from camera and recorder
• carjack, from car and hijack
• celesbian, from celebrity and lesbian
• chavtastic, from chav and fantastic (meaning, 'having many characteristics of a chav', rather than a 'fantastic chav')
• chillax, from chill and relax
• Chinglish, English and Chinese mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Spanglish, Franglais)
• chokebreaker, from chokeslam and backbreaker
• chortle, from chuckle and snort (coined by Lewis Carroll)
• Chrismukkah, from Christmas and Hanukkah (popularized by The O.C.)
• chuggers, from charity and muggers
• Chunnel, from (English) Channel and tunnel
• clopen set, from closed-open set
• cocacolonization, from Coca-Cola and colonization
• coopetition, from cooperation and competition
• cremains, from cremate and remains
• cryptanalysis, from cryptogram and analysis
• cryptex, from cryptology and codex
• cyberdelic, from prefix cyber- and psychedelic
• Diamat, from Dialectical Materialism
• digerati, from digital and literati
• digipeater, from digital and repeater
• Ebonics, from ebony and phonics
• ecoteur, from ecological and saboteur
• electrocute, from electric and execute
• endorphin, from endogenous and morphine
• epigenetics, from epigenesis and genetics
• fantabulous, from fantastic and fabulous
• femdom, from female and dominance
• feminazi, from feminist and Nazi
• Fleshlight, from flashlight and flesh
• fluidram, from fluid and dram
• Franglais, French and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Spanglish)
• fratire, from fraternity and satire
• Freakonomics, from freak and economics
• frenemy, from friend and enemy
• gamestorming, from games and brainstorming
• gaydar, from gay and radar
• Gerrymander, from Elbridge Gerry and salamander
• ginormous, from gigantic and enormous
• glamping, from glamour and camping
• greenwash, from green and whitewash
• grue, from green and blue (see bleen, above)
• guesstimate, from guess and estimate
• guitalele, from guitar and ukulele
• guyliner, from a guy and eyeliner, eyeliner for men
• hasbian, from has been and lesbian
• Homocaust, from homosexual and Holocaust
• hubot, from human and robot
• imagineering, from imagination and engineering
• incognegro, from incognito and negro
• irregardless, from irrespective and regardless
• jeggings, from jeans and leggings
• jorts, from jeans and shorts
• keytar, from keyboard and guitar
• kidult, from kid and adult
• lidar, from light and radar
• mafic, from magnesium and ferric
• manbag, from man and handbag
• manscaping, from man and landscaping
• mathlete, from math and athlete
• mechatronics, from mechanical and electronics
• meld, from melt and weld
• Merkozy, from (Angela) Merkel and (Nicolas) Sarkozy
• metrosexual, from metropolitan and heterosexual
• mizzle, from mist and drizzle
• mobisode, from mobile (phone) and episode
• mockney, from mock and Cockney
• moobs, from man and boobs
• moped, from motor and pedal
• motel, from motor and hotel
• motorcade, from motor and cavalcade
• motorcycle, from motorized and bicycle
• murse, from man and purse, or alternatively, male and nurse
• napalm, from naphthene and palmitate
• neither, from not and either
• nuyorican, from New York and Puerto Rican
• 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
• pegasister, from pegasus and sister
• pleather, from plastic and leather
• Plytanium, brand of plywood from titanium and plywood
• posistor, from positive and thermistor
• prosumer, from either producer or professional and consumer
• proteome, from proteins and genome
• protoflight, from prototype and flight (hardware)
• punny, from pun and funny
• radome, from radar and dome
• Reaganomics, from Ronald Reagan and economics
• Rogernomics, from Roger Douglas and economics
• Ruthanasia, from Ruth Richardson and euthanasia
• satisficing, from satisfy and suffice
• 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
• shemale, from she and male
• simulcasting, from simultaneous and broadcasting
• skitching. from skating and hitching
• skort, from skirt and short (as in short pants)
• skyjack, from sky and hijack
• slanguage, from slang and language
• smog, from smoke and fog
• snark, from snide and remark
• snatiation, from sneeze and satiation
• snice, from snow and ice
• snowmageddon, from snow and armageddon
• spange, from spare and change
• Spanglish, Spanish and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Franglais)
• stagflation, from stagnation and inflation
• statite, from static and satellite
• staycation, from stay and vacation
• surfactant, from surface active agent
• swapportunity, from swap and opportunity, an opportunity to swap
• swaption, from swap and option
• Taglish, from Tagalog and English
• taxicab, from taximeter and cabriolet
• terrist, from Terra and terrorist
• Thanksgivukkah, from Thanksgiving Day and Hanukkah
• thermistor, from thermal and resistor
• threepeat, from three and repeat
• toonie, from two and loonie
• transceiver, from transmitter and receiver
• transistor, from transfer and resistor
• transponder, from transmitter and responder
• urinalysis, from urine and analysis
• utilidor, from utilities and cooridor
• valleyspeak, from San Fernando Valley and speaker
• vitamer, from vitamin and isomer
• vomitrocious, from vomit and atrocious
• workaholic, from work and alcoholic
• wuss, from wimp and pussy
• Zupta, from Jacob Zuma and Gupta

Internet and computing

• abend, from abnormal and end
• alphanumeric, from alphabetic and numeric
• ASCIIbetical, from ASCII and alphabetical
• balun, from balanced and unbalanced
• bit, from binary and digit
• blog, from web and log
• brogrammer, from brother and programmer
• codec, from coder and decoder
• companding, from compressing and expanding
• Darwine, from Darwin and WINE
• datacasting, from data and broadcasting
• digerati, from digital and literati
• email, from electronic and mail
• emoticon, from emotion and icon
• favicon, from favourite and icon
• frecency, from frequency and recency
• freeware, from free and software
• Hackintosh, from hack and Macintosh
• hacktivism, from hack and activism
• Intellivision, from intelligent and television
• Jython, from Java and Python
• knowledgebase, from knowledge and database
• Linux, from Linus and Unix
• listicle, from list and article
• malware, from malicious and software
• memex, from memory and index
• modem, from modulator and demodulator
• mozilla, from "mosaic killer" + godzilla
• mutex, from mutual and exclusion
• nanotech, from nano and technology
• netiquette, from (Inter)net and etiquette (similarly, wikiquette)
• netizen, from (Inter)net and citizen
• phablet, from phone and tablet
• pixel, from picture and element
• podcast, from iPod and broadcast
• qubit, from quantum and bit
• screenshot, from screen and snapshot
• SerDes, from serialize and deserialize
• shareware, from share and software
• skype, from Sky and peer-to-peer
• spamdexing, from spam and indexing
• sporgery, from spam and forgery
• sysadmin, from system and administrator
• sysop, from system and operator
• treap, from tree and heap
• vlog, from video and blog
• voxel, from volume and pixel
• webcast, from World Wide Web and broadcast
• webinar, from World Wide Web and seminar
• webisode, from World Wide 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)
• confusopoly, from confusion and monopoly or oligopoly
• 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 complex – this word has a different meaning in telecommunications
• shockumentary, from documentary and shock
• telemarketing, from telephone and marketing

Organizations and companies

• Accenture, from accent and future (accent on the future)
• Alstom, from Alsace and Thompson-Houston. Originally spelled "Alsthom", the h was removed in 2008 (the company was named GEC-Alsthom at the time)
• Amtrak, from American and track
• Bakerloo line, from Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, coined by London's Evening News in 1906
• CAPCOM, from capsule and communicator, the person at a NASA ground station responsible for maintaining voice communications with orbiting manned space capsules
• Carborundum, from carbon and corundum
• Citibank, from city and bank. The bank was formerly known as the First National City Bank of New York.
• Citigroup, from city and group
• Comcast, from communication and broadcast
• Compaq, from compatibility and quality
• ConDem, from Conservative and Democrats. A collective name for the 2010 UK coalition government between the Conservative and the Liberal Democrat Party
• CONMEBOL, from Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Spanish for "South American Football Confederation")
• Copa, from compania and Panamena
• Creamsicle, from cream and popsicle
• Debian, from founder Ian Murdock and his wife Debra
• Edexcel, from educational and excellence
• FedEx, from the company's original name, Federal Express
• Fluidrive, from fluid and drive
• Fudgsicle, from fudge and popsicle
• Funimation, from fun and animation
• Garmin, from the company's founders, Gary Burrell and Min Kao
• Groupon, from group and coupon
• Imagineering, from Imagine (or Imagination) and Engineering
• Intel, from integrated and electronics
• Kinect, from kinetic and connection
• Kmart, from founders names S. S. Kresge and the word mart
• LATAM, from Lan Airlines and TAM Airlines
• Mattel, from founders names Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler
• Medi-Cal, California's name for their Medicaid program, from medical and California
• Medicaid, from medicine/medical and aid
• Medicare, from medicine/medical and care
• Microsoft, from microcomputer and software
• Mitel, from founders names Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews and Lawnmowers after the company's original business plan
• PHYTOC, from Peking, Harvard, Yale, Tsinghua, Oxford, and Cambridge.
• Pinterest, from pin and interest
• Poo-Pourri, from poo and potpourri
• Prancercise, from prance and exercise
• Prevacid, from prevent and acid
• Sony, from sonus (Latin for sound) and sonny (slang for youngster)
• Toonami, from cartoon and tsunami
• Toshiba, from founders names Shibaura Seisaku-sho and Tokyo Denki through the merger of Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K.
• Travelocity, from travel and velocity
• Triscuit, from triple (three ingredients) and biscuit
• Ultrabook, from ultraportable and notebook
• Verizon, from veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon
• Victorinox, from Victoria (the company founder's mother) and inox (stainless steel)
• Waitrose, from founders' names Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose
• Walmart, from founders name Sam Walton and the word mart
• Wikipedia, from wiki and encyclopedia
• WinCo, from Winning Company
• Yosicle, from yogurt and popsicle

Places

See also: Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names

• Autopia, attraction in Disneyland, from automobile and utopia
• Ballico, from Ballintine Company
• Benelux, from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• Birome, from Bickham and James Cartwright, landowners
• BosWash, from Boston and Washington D.C.
• Brockton, from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton
• Calexico, from California and Mexico
• Calistoga, from California and Saratoga
• Canwood, from Canadian and woodlands
• Chiberia, from Chicago and Siberia
• Clerval, from claire vallée, French for "clear valley"
• Cotai, from Coloane and Taipa
• Czechoslovakia, from Czech and Slovakia
• Dalworthington Gardens a city in north Texas, from Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington.
• Delmarva, from Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
• Delran Township, from the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek
• Donora, from William Donner and Nora Mellon
• Eurasia, from Europe and Asia
• Fairborn, from Fairfield and Osborn
• Glenbard, from Glen Ellyn and Lombard
• Harvey Cedars, from harvest and cedars
• Hillcrest, from Country Club Hills and Hazel Crest
• Hollansburg, from Hollaman and Harland, landowners
• Illiana, from Illinois and Indiana
• Indialantic, from Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean
• Irrigon, from irrigation and Oregon
• Jardee, from Jardanup and Deeside
• Kanwaka Township and Kanwaka, from the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers
• Kormak, from Charles Korpela and Oscar Maki, settlers
• Mexicali, from Mexico and California
• Michiana, from Michigan and Indiana
• Millux, from Miller & Lux Corp.
• MoCo, from Montgomery County, Maryland
• Monterey, from the Spanish words monte (mountain) and rey (king)
• Navelencia, from navel and Valencia oranges
• NoMa, from North of Massachusetts Ave
• NOVA, from Northern Virginia
• NYLON, from New York City and London.
• Nylonkong, from New York City, London, and Hong Kong.
• Ohaton, from the Osler, Hammond and Nanton company
• Sauk Prairie, from Sauk City and Prairie du Sac
• Scarberia, from Scarborough and Siberia
• SeaTac and Sea-Tac Airport, from Seattle and Tacoma
• SoHo, Manhattan, from South of Houston Street
• Tamiami, from Tampa and Miami
• Tanzania, from Tanganyika and Zanzibar
• Texarkana, from Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana
• Tribeca, from Triangle Below Canal Street
• The Tridge, from Tri-Cities and bridge
• Valsetz, from the Valley and Siletz Railroad, now a ghost town
• WaKeeney, from Warren, Keeney, & Co.
• Westarctica, name of a micronation from West and Antarctica
• Woolaroc, from woods, lakes and rocks

Sciences

• botox, from botulism and toxin
• chemokine, from chemotactic and cytokine
• cyborg, from cybernetic and organism
• endorphin, from endogenous and morphine
• ethanol, from ethyl and alcohol
• glymphatic system, from glial and lymphatic
• hazmat, from hazardous and material
• methanol, from methyl and alcohol
• Pellistor, from pellet and resistor
• positron, from positive and electron
• redox, from reduction and oxidation
• stiction, from static and friction
• vitamin, from vital and amine
• wavicle, from wave and particle

See also

• List of acronyms
• Syllabic abbreviation