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The '''portmanteau''' is an extremely lazy way of producing [[neologism]]s, often used by [[women]]'s magazines, [[religious]] groups, [[extremist]]s, 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''.
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The '''portmanteau''' is an extremely lazy way of producing [[neologism]]s, often used by women's magazines, religious groups, [[extremist]]s, 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]]''.
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It is also on the increase. Be warned.  
  
 
Why do we actually need portmanteaux, when such [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] have given us such wonderful and easy to spell words as steatophobia ("[[Obesity|fattism]]"), triskaidekaphobia ("[[13|thirteenophobia]]"), ochlocracy ("[[mobocracy]]"), thalassocracy, xerophthalmia, dendrophilia (treecurious), doxography and ''hysteron proteron''?
 
Why do we actually need portmanteaux, when such [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] have given us such wonderful and easy to spell words as steatophobia ("[[Obesity|fattism]]"), triskaidekaphobia ("[[13|thirteenophobia]]"), ochlocracy ("[[mobocracy]]"), thalassocracy, xerophthalmia, dendrophilia (treecurious), doxography and ''hysteron proteron''?
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==Religion etc.==
 
==Religion etc.==
 
[[File:FlyingSpaghettiMonster.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pastafarian [[icon]]ography.]]
 
[[File:FlyingSpaghettiMonster.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pastafarian [[icon]]ography.]]
*[[Apatheism]] - Apathy + [[atheism|(a)theism]]
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*[[Apatheism]] - Apathy + [[atheism|(A)theism]]
*Apist - [[Ape]] (i.e. copy) + [[Roman Catholic|Papist]] - A High [[Anglican]].
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*Apist - [[Ape]] (i.e. copy) + [[Roman Catholic|Papist]] A High [[Anglican]].
 
*[[Chrislam]] - [[Christianity]] + [[Islam]]
 
*[[Chrislam]] - [[Christianity]] + [[Islam]]
*Churchianity - [[Church]] + Christianity - Institutionalised Christianity as contrasted with the "real [[Gospel]]."
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*Churchianity - [[Church]] + Christianity Institutionalised Christianity as contrasted with the "real [[Gospel]]."
*[[Cretinist]] - Cretin/Cretinism + [[Creationism]] - Name calling.
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*[[Cretinist]] - Cretin/Cretinism + [[Creationism]] Name calling.
*[[Evolutionist|Evilutionist]] - [[Evil]] + [[Evolution]]ist - More name calling. By the other side.
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*[[Evolutionist|Evilutionist]] - [[Evil]] + [[Evolution]]ist More name calling. By the other side.
*Godincidence - [[God]] + [[Coincidence]] - It's not a coincidence!
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*Godincidence - [[God]] + [[Coincidence]] It's not a coincidence!
 
*Mobot - [[Mormon]] + [[Robot]]
 
*Mobot - [[Mormon]] + [[Robot]]
*Pastafarian - Pasta + [[Rastafarian]] - An adherent of the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]].
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*Pastafarian - Pasta + [[Rastafarian]] An adherent of the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]].
*Pyramidiot - [[Pyramid]] + [[Ignorance|Idiot]] - Yet more name calling.
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*Pyramidiot - [[Pyramid]] + [[Ignorance|Idiot]] Yet more name calling.
*<s>Religioulous</s> <s>Religoulous</s> <s>Religilous</s> ''[[Religulous]]'' - Religious + Ridiculous - A documentary about bear baiting.
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*<s>Religioulous</s> <s>Religoulous</s> <s>Religilous</s> ''[[Religulous]]'' - [[Religious]] + Ridiculous A documentary about bear baiting.
*[[Televangelist]] - [[Television]] + [[Evangelist]] - A preacher who appears on television. Usually demanding [[money]].
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*[[Televangelist]] - Television + [[Evangelist]] A preacher who appears on television. Usually demanding [[money]].
*Ziontology - [[Jerusalem|Zion]] + [[Scientology]].
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*Ziontology - [[Jerusalem|Zion]] + [[Scientology]]
  
 
==Political portmanteaux==
 
==Political portmanteaux==
 
[[File:XKCD wake up sheeple.png|right|650px]]
 
[[File:XKCD wake up sheeple.png|right|650px]]
*[[Ameriphobia]] - [[America]] + Phobia - Another name for anti-Americanism. See also [[Europhobia]].
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*[[Ameriphobia]] - [[America]] + Phobia Another name for anti-Americanism. See also [[Europhobia]].
*[[Bush Derangement Syndrome#More derangement|Baracknophobia]] - [[Barack Obama|Barack (Obama)]] + Arachnophobia - Fear of President Obama.
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*[[Bush Derangement Syndrome#More derangement|Baracknophobia]] - [[Barack Obama|Barack (Obama)]] + Arachnophobia Fear of President Obama.
*Cocacolonialism/Cocacolonization - Coca Cola + [[Colonialism]] - Neo-colonialism or an extreme critique of [[globalization]]
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*Cocacolonialism/Cocacolonization - Coca Cola + [[Colonialism]] Neo-colonialism or an extreme critique of [[globalization]]
*Comintern - [[Communist]] + International - Not to be confused with the Homintern, the international network of [[homosexual]]s.
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*Comintern - [[Communist]] + International Not to be confused with the Homintern, the international network of [[homosexual]]s.
*ConDems - [[Tories]] + [[Liberal Democrats]] - a particular coalition in the [[British]] government. Pun on "condemn."
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*ConDems - [[Tories]] + [[Liberal Democrats]] a particular coalition in the [[British]] government. Pun on "condemn."
*[[Conservative]] - [[Con artist|Con]] + Serve - Name calling.
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*[[Conservative]] - [[Con artist|Con]] + Serve Name calling.
 
*EduCare - [[Education]] + Care
 
*EduCare - [[Education]] + Care
*[[Eurabia]], Eurasia etc. - [[Europe]] + [[Arab]]ia, [[Asia]] etc. - The former is usually [[Racism|facetious]].
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*[[Eurabia]], Eurasia etc. - [[Europe]] + [[Arab]]ia, [[Asia]] etc. The former is usually [[Racism|facetious]].
*Fattism - Fat + -ism - Properly steatophobia.
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*Fattism - Fat + -ism Properly steatophobia.
*[[Feminazi]] - [[Feminist]] + [[Nazi]] - Name calling by [[sexist]]s.
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*[[Feminazi]] - [[Feminist]] + [[Nazi]] Name calling by [[sexist]]s.
*[[Gerrymandering]] - Gerry + Salamander - To alter boundaries for [[political]] advantage.
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*[[Gerrymandering]] - Gerry + Salamander To alter boundaries for [[political]] advantage.
*[[Herstory]] - [[Woman|Her]] + [[History]] - Based on a false etymology of "history."
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*[[Herstory]] - [[Woman|Her]] + [[History]] Based on a false etymology of "history."
*[[Homophobia]] - Homosexual + Phobia - Fear of homosexuals. (Not a real Greek root, "homophobia" means "fear of the same.")
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*[[Homophobia]] - Homosexual + Phobia Fear of homosexuals (not a real Greek root, "homophobia" means "fear of the same").
*[[Lactivism]] - Lacto- + Activism - Got milk?
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*[[Lactivism]] - Lacto- + Activism Got milk?
*Lieberal - [[Lie]] + [[Liberal]] - Name calling.
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*Lieberal - [[Lie]] + [[Liberal]] Name calling.
*Liebour - Lie + [[Labour Party]] - See also [[Tony Blair|Tony Bliar]].
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*Liebour - Lie + [[Labour Party]] See also [[Tony Blair|Tony Bliar]].
 
*[[Medicare]] - [[Medicine|Medical]] + Care.
 
*[[Medicare]] - [[Medicine|Medical]] + Care.
*Mobocracy - Mob + -ocracy - Mob rule, aka ocholocracy.
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*Mobocracy - Mob + -ocracy Mob rule, aka. ocholocracy.
*Ostalgie - Ost (East) + Nostalgie ([[Nostalgia]]) - A nostalgia for the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]].  
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*Ostalgie - Ost (East) + Nostalgie ([[Nostalgia]]) A nostalgia for the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]].  
*[[Plutonomy]] - [[Plutocracy]] + [[Economics|Economy]] - An economy run for the rich. (Also, potentially "Plutocracy + Autonomy.")
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*[[Plutonomy]] - [[Plutocracy]] + [[Economics|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]].
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*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''. Also sounds like "steeple" so may have a religious connotation as well. See also [[goat]].
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*[[Sheeple]] - [[Sheep]] + [[People]] The ''hoi polloi''. Also sounds like "steeple" so may have a religious connotation as well. (See also [[goat]].)
*[[Slacktivism]] - Slack + Activism - zzzz.
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*[[Slacktivism]] - Slack + Activism zzzz.
*Whigger - [[Caucasian|White]] + [[Nigger]] - A white person who acts [[black]], usually in [[stereotype]]d fashion.
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*Wigger - [[Caucasian|White]] + [[Nigger]] A white person who acts [[black]], usually in [[stereotype]]d fashion.
  
 
==Other stuff==
 
==Other stuff==
*[[Affluenza]] - Affluence/affluent + [[Disease|Influenza]] - Having [[Greed|too much wealth]].
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*[[Affluenza]] - Affluence + [[Disease|Influenza]] Having [[Greed|too much wealth]].
 
*[[Agitprop]] - Agitation + [[Propaganda]]
 
*[[Agitprop]] - Agitation + [[Propaganda]]
*Assfly - [[Andrew Schlafly|Schafly]] + [[Asshole|Ass]] - Name calling, but perhaps deserved.
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*Assfly - [[Andrew Schlafly|Schafly]] + [[Asshole|Ass]] Name calling, but perhaps deserved.
*Backronym - Back + Acronym - A word which is reverse engineered to produce a fake acronym, e.g. D.A.R.Y.L.  
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*Backronym - Back + Acronym A word which is reverse engineered to produce a fake acronym, e.g. D.A.R.Y.L.  
*Bicurious - [[Bisexual]] + Curious - <s>Someone who is interested in old aeroplanes.</s> Someone who's sleeping around to determine what their sexuality is. cf. "treecurious," i.e. experimenting with dendrophilia.
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*Bicurious - [[Bisexual]] + Curious <s>Someone who is interested in old aeroplanes</s> Someone who's sleeping around to determine what their sexuality is.
*Brangelina - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, part of a sickeningly cutesy trend of referring to a couple by a single name, as if they're one person.
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*Brangelina - Brad (Pitt) and Angelina (Jolie) — Part of a sickeningly cutesy trend of referring to a couple by a single name, as if they're one person.
 
*[[Broscience]] - [[Machismo|Bro(ther)]] + [[Pseudoscience|Science]]
 
*[[Broscience]] - [[Machismo|Bro(ther)]] + [[Pseudoscience|Science]]
 
*[[Causalation]] - [[Correlation does not equal causation|Causation + Correlation]]
 
*[[Causalation]] - [[Correlation does not equal causation|Causation + Correlation]]
*Chocoholic - Chocolate + [[Alcohol]]ic - A way of belittling alcoholism, by jokingly comparing it with chocolate overindulgence. cf. Workaholic.
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*Chocoholic - Chocolate + [[Alcohol]]ic A way of belittling alcoholism, by jokingly comparing it with chocolate overindulgence, cf. Workaholic.
*Chillax - Chill + Relax - If you really want to chill, use a pickaxe.
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*Chillax - Chill + Relax If you really want to chill, use a pickaxe.
*Cyberpunk - Cybernetic + [[Punk]] - A genre of [[science fiction]], cf. Steampunk.
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*Cyberpunk - Cybernetic + [[Punk]] A genre of [[science fiction]], cf. Steampunk.
*Gaydar - Gay + Radar - How homosexuals detect each other, apparently.
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*Gaydar - Gay + Radar How homosexuals detect each other, apparently.
*[[Frankenfood]] - Frankenstein + Food - Artificial food, food additives or genetically modified ones etc.
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*[[Frankenfood]] - [[Frankenstein]] + Food Artificial food, food additives or [[GMO|genetically modified]] ones, etc.
*Guesstimate - Guess + Estimate - Your guess is as good as mine.
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*Guesstimate - Guess + Estimate Your guess is as good as mine.
*[[JAQing off]] - "Just Asking Questions" + Jacking off (demotic for [[masturbation]])
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*[[JAQing off]] - "Just Asking Questions" + Jacking Off (demotic for [[masturbation]])
*[[Mansplaining]] - [[Man]] + Explaining - Can we think of a better word for this?
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*[[Mansplaining]] - [[Man]] + Explaining Can we think of a better word for this?
*[[Manufactroversy]] - Manufactured + Controversy - Not only made up, but clumsy.
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*[[Manufactroversy]] - Manufactured + Controversy Not only made up, but clumsy.
*Mockumentary - Mock + [[Film|Documentary]] - A fake documentary, cf. Rockumentary (Rock + Documentary)
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*Mockumentary - Mock + [[Film|Documentary]] A fake documentary, cf. Rockumentary (Rock + Documentary).
*Motel - Motor + Hotel - A place where [[Hypocrite|hypocritical]] [[politician]]s, evangelists etc. often [[Prostitute|congregate]] [[Cocaine|at nights]].
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*Motel - Motor + Hotel A place where [[Hypocrite|hypocritical]] politicians, evangelists etc. often [[Prostitute|congregate]] [[Cocaine|at nights]].
*[[Nutpicking]] - Nut + Nitpicking - Not to be confused with the agricultural activity.
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*[[Nutpicking]] - Nut + Nitpicking Not to be confused with the agricultural activity.
*Satisficing - Satisfying + <s>Sacrificing</s> Sufficing - Clumsy.
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*Satisficing - Satisfying + <s>Sacrificing</s> Sufficing Clumsy.
 
*[[Wikipedia]] - [[Wiki]] (Wiki Wiki, meaning quick in [[Hawaii]]an) + Encyclopedia
 
*[[Wikipedia]] - [[Wiki]] (Wiki Wiki, meaning quick in [[Hawaii]]an) + Encyclopedia
  
==See Also==
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==See also==
*[[Latin]]
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*[[Newspeak]]
 
*[[Newspeak]]
 
*[[Pseudolinguistics]]
 
*[[Pseudolinguistics]]

Revision as of 06:59, 19 August 2014

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.

Why do we actually need portmanteaux, when such Latin and Greek have given us such wonderful and easy to spell words as steatophobia ("fattism"), triskaidekaphobia ("thirteenophobia"), ochlocracy ("mobocracy"), thalassocracy, xerophthalmia, dendrophilia (treecurious), doxography and hysteron proteron?

Contents

Religion etc.

Pastafarian iconography.

Political portmanteaux

XKCD wake up sheeple.png

Other stuff

  • Affluenza - Affluence + Influenza — Having too much wealth.
  • Agitprop - Agitation + Propaganda
  • Assfly - Schafly + Ass — Name calling, but perhaps deserved.
  • Backronym - Back + Acronym — A word which is reverse engineered to produce a fake acronym, e.g. D.A.R.Y.L.
  • Bicurious - Bisexual + Curious — Someone who is interested in old aeroplanes Someone who's sleeping around to determine what their sexuality is.
  • Brangelina - Brad (Pitt) and Angelina (Jolie) — Part of a sickeningly cutesy trend of referring to a couple by a single name, as if they're one person.
  • Broscience - Bro(ther) + Science
  • Causalation - Causation + Correlation
  • Chocoholic - Chocolate + Alcoholic — A way of belittling alcoholism, by jokingly comparing it with chocolate overindulgence, cf. Workaholic.
  • Chillax - Chill + Relax — If you really want to chill, use a pickaxe.
  • 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.
  • JAQing off - "Just Asking Questions" + Jacking Off (demotic for masturbation)
  • Mansplaining - Man + Explaining — Can we think of a better word for this?
  • 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 — Not to be confused with the agricultural activity.
  • Satisficing - Satisfying + Sacrificing Sufficing — Clumsy.
  • Wikipedia - Wiki (Wiki Wiki, meaning quick in Hawaiian) + Encyclopedia

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