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* Pastafarian - Pasta + Rastafarian - An adherent of the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]].
 
* Pastafarian - Pasta + Rastafarian - An adherent of the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]].
 
* Pyramidiot - Pyramid + Idiot - Yet more name calling.
 
* Pyramidiot - Pyramid + Idiot - Yet more name calling.
* Televangelist - Televisual/Television + Evangelist - A preacher who appears on television. Usually demanding money.
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* [[Televangelism|Televangelist]] - Televisual/Television + Evangelist - A preacher who appears on television. Usually demanding money.
 
* Ziontology - Zion + [[Scientology]].
 
* Ziontology - Zion + [[Scientology]].
  

Revision as of 15:58, 20 March 2013

The portmanteau is an extremely lazy way of producing neologisms, often used by women's magazines, religious groups, extremists, and those who lack the benefit of a proper Classical education. This means of producing new words, by ramming two (or more) old ones together seems to be particularly favoured by totalitarian states. Portmanteaux (for that is the proper plural) are often unwieldy, ugly, and incredibly cheesy. De gustibus non disputandum est.

It is also on the increase. Be warned. Many of them are merely insults ad hominem.

Contents

Religion etc

  • Apatheism - Apathy + (a)theism
  • Apist - Ape (i.e. copy) + Papist - A High Anglican.
  • Chrislam - Christianity + Islam
  • Churchianity - Church + Christianity - Institutionalised Christianity as contrasted with the "real Gospel".
  • Cretinist - Cretin/Cretinism + Creationism - Name calling.
  • Evilutionist - Evil + Evolutionist - More name calling. By the other side.
  • Godincidence - God + Coincidence - It's not a coincidence!
  • Mobot - Mormon + Robot
  • Pastafarian - Pasta + Rastafarian - An adherent of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
  • Pyramidiot - Pyramid + Idiot - Yet more name calling.
  • Televangelist - Televisual/Television + Evangelist - A preacher who appears on television. Usually demanding money.
  • Ziontology - Zion + Scientology.

Political portmanteaux

  • Cocacolonialism/Cocacolonization - Coca Cola + Colonialism - Neo-Colonialism, particularly the Americaniation of the world.
  • ConDem - CONservative + Liberal DEMocrat, pun on "condemn" - a particular coalition in the British government.
  • EduCare - Education + Care
  • Eurabia, Eurasia etc - Europe + Arabia, Asia etc - The former is usually facetious.
  • Fattism - Fat + -ism - Steatophobia.
  • Feminazi - Feminist + Nazi (Nationalsozialist, i.e. National Socialist) - Name calling.
  • Gerrymander - Gerry + Salamander - To alter boundaries for political advantage.
  • Homophobia - Homosexual + Phobia - Fear of homosexuals. (Not a real Greek root, "homophobia" means "fear of the same".)
  • Lactivism - Lacto- + Activism - Got milk?
  • Lieberal - Lie + Liberal - Lying Liberal. Name calling.
  • Liebour - Lie + Labour Party - See also Tony Bliar.
  • Medicare - Medical + Care.
  • Mobocracy - Mob + -ocracy - Mob rule, aka ocholocracy.
  • Ostalgie - Ost (East) + Nostalgie (Nostalgia) - A nostalgia for East Germany.
  • Plutonomy - Plutocracy + Economy - An economy run for the rich. Also, potentially "Plutocracy + Autonomy".
  • Republicrat (or Demoblican) - Republican + Democrat - a means of criticising the alleged similarity of the two main American political parties.
  • Sheeple - Sheep + People - The Hoi Polloi.
  • Slacktivism - Slack + Activism - zzzz.
  • Whigger - White + Nigger - A white person who acts black, usually in stereotyped African American fashion.

Other stuff

  • Affluenza - Affluence/affluent + Influenza - Having too much wealth.
  • Agitprop - Agitation + Propaganda
  • Assfly - Schafly + Ass
  • Backronym - Back + Acronym - A word which is reverse engineered to produce a fake acronym, e.g. D.A.R.Y.L. and the Patriot Act
  • Bicurious - Bisexual + Curious - Someone who is interested in old aeroplanes. Someone who's sleeping around to determine what their sexuality is.
  • Causalation - Causation + Correlation
  • Chillax - Chill + Relax
  • Cyberpunk - Cybernetic + Punk - A genre of science fiction, cf Steampunk.
  • Gaydar - Gay + Radar - How homosexuals detect each other, apparently.
  • Frankenfood - Frankenstein + Food - Artificial food, food additives or genetically modified ones etc.
  • Guesstimate - Guess + Estimate - Your guess is as good as mine.
  • Mansplaining - Man + Explaining - Really?
  • Manufactroversy - Manufactured + Controversy - Not only made up, but clumsy.
  • Mockumentary - Mock + Documentary - A fake documentary, cf Rockumentary (Rock + Documentary)
  • Motel - Motor + Hotel - A place where hypocritical politicians, evangelists etc often congregate at nights.
  • Nutpicking - Nut + Nitpicking
  • Satisficing - Satisfying + Sacrificing Sufficing - Clumsy.
  • Wikipedia - Wiki (Wiki Wiki, meaning quick in Hawaiian) + Encyclopedia

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