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2 [[caption-width-right:350:[[OurGnomesAreWeirder Gnomes]] + [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] = ...[[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Gnorcs]]?]]
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4->''"It's called a complisult. Part compliment, part insult. \
5He invented them. I coined the term. \
6See what I just did there? That was an explanabrag."''
7-->-- '''Britta Perry''', ''Series/{{Community}}'', "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking"
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9A portmanteau[[note]](pronounced pȯrt-ˈman-(ˌ)tō or "port-man-TOE")[[/note]] is a [[{{Neologism}} new word]] formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "smog" is a blend of "smoke" and "fog"; "motel" is a portmanteau word made by combining "motor" and "hotel". Essentially, the written equivalent of Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'s monster.
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11The word itself is an obsolete term for a kind of suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments. It was [[OlderThanTheyThink first used]] to describe blends of words by Creator/LewisCarroll in ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There]]'', when Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the word "slithy" from the poem "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}":
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13->"Well, ''slithy'' means ''lithe'' and ''slimy''... You see, it's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed up into one word."
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15There are two basic types. The first combines the beginning or first syllable of the first word with the ending or last syllable of the other, as in the Goldwyn ('''Gold'''fish + Sel'''wyn''') Picture Corporation (later part of MGM) and the U.S. Navy's DESRON ('''des'''troyer squad'''ron'''). The second combines the first syllables of the component words, such as in a HazmatSuit ('''haz'''ardous '''mat'''erials), the company name Alcan ('''Al'''uminium Company of '''Can'''ada), the [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity New York]] neighborhood Tribeca ('''Tri'''angle '''Be'''low '''Ca'''nal Street), and the online phenomenon UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo ('''Na'''tional '''No'''vel '''Wri'''ting '''Mo'''nth). The latter type sometimes mixes with first-letter acronyms, e. g. in NORAD ('''Nor'''th American '''A'''erospace '''D'''efense Command) and Parufamet, the film distribution firm run by '''Par'''amount, the '''UFA''' (Universum-Film-Aktiengesellschaft) and '''Met'''ro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Weimar Republic. During the first half of the 20th century the second type was ''very'' common in German and Russian, which through examples like ''Stuka'', ''Gestapo'', ''Flak'', ''Stasi'', ''[=Gulag=]'', ''Comintern'' and ''Sovnarkom'' associated it with Communism and National Socialism in British and American eyes, even though the type actually goes back to before World War 1.[[note]] The examples: '''Stu'''rz'''ka'''mpfflugzeug ("dive combat airplane"), '''Ge'''heime '''Sta'''ats'''po'''lizei ("secret state police"), '''Fl'''ug'''a'''bwehr'''k'''anone ("anti-air cannon", goes back to 1916), '''Sta'''ats'''si'''cherheit ("state security"), '''g'''lavnoye '''u'''pravleniye ispravityelno-trudovykh '''lag'''erey i koloniy ("main administration of corrective labour camps and settlements"), '''Com'''munist '''Intern'''ational, and '''sov'''yet '''nar'''odnykh '''kom'''missarov ("council of the people's commissars"). "Nazi" itself is not an example, contrary to what some people may tell you.[[/note]] Consequently, fictional totalitarian governments often use them to play on these connotations. Portmanteaus of the second type are still fairly common in Germany to this day. In countries that don't use alphabets, like Japan, this is also still the standard, which is why PortmanteauSeriesNickname is full of anime show examples.
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17Incidentally, the original French word "portemanteau" [[SelfDemonstratingArticle is a portmanteau]]. "Porte" means carries and "manteau" means coat, so a portemanteau is something that carries your coat. In modern French the word means coat hanger instead of a type of suitcase, and the literary equivalent is called a "mot-valise", or "suitcase-word".
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19See also PortmanteauCoupleName, {{Portmantitle}}, PortmanteauSeriesNickname, {{JustForFun/Tropemanteau}}, and WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture.
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22!!Examples:
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26[[folder:Televerts (Advertisements)]]
27* In a 2004 Miller Lite "President of Beers" commercial, Bob Odenkirk's character (representing Miller Lite) is engaged in a debate with a Clydesdale horse (representing Bud Light) and is frustrated by one of the moderators' repeated attempts to get him to stop talking over his allotted time. He accuses her of being in his opponent's pocket and calls the proceedings "a travesty and a sham and a mockery", or a "traveshamockery", and she ends the commercial by telling him to "stop using made-up words".
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30[[folder:Animanga (Anime & Manga)]]
31* Yaoi = '''ya'''nma nashi '''o'''chi nashi '''i'''mi nashi[[note]]"[[PornWithoutPlot No plot, no resolution, no meaning]]"[[/note]]. An alternate (joking) portmanteau for yaoi is "'''Ya'''mete, '''o'''shiri '''i'''tai!"[[note]]"Stop it, my ass hurts!"[[/note]]
32* ''Anime/RODTheTV'': Joker's codename is a portmanteau of his real name ('''Joe Car'''penter). (Well, or maybe Joe Carpenter is a pseudonym derived from the codename...but either way, portmanteau.)
33* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' itself is a portmanteau of "pocket" and "monsters" and many Pokémon names are portenteau words, but there are more instances of this exclusive in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
34** In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode "Short and to the Punch", Clayton the martial artist insists on giving portmanteau nicknames to everyone and [[{{Crunchtastic}} coining abbreviations for common phrases]]. For example, Ash and Buizel are referred to as Ashbui. This trait was carried over largely unchanged from [[PortmanteauSeriesNickname the Japanese version]].
35** Some of Clemont's inventions in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' combine his name and the technology in question. Clemontic is a combination of "Clemont" and "Automatic" and Clembot is "Clemont" and "Robot". This was carried over from the Japanese version, with Citronic (Citron[[note]]Clemont's Japanese name[[/note]] + Electronic) and Citroid (Citron + Android).
36* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' = Digital + Monsters.[[note]]Digimon are the champions.[[/note]]
37* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'': Ojamajo = Ojama[[note]]meaning "hindrance"[[/note]] + Majo[[note]]meaning "Witch"[[/note]] = "Hindering Witch"[[note]]Or "Bothersome", "Troublesome", or "Nuisance"; more so the former two.[[/note]]
38* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Kobayashi occasionally calls Tohru a "chorogon" (from '''choro'''i[[note]]Simple person[[/note]] and dra'''gon''').
39* Shouta of ''Manga/OmujoOmutsuJoshi:'' is fond of these. When he learns that Ichigo, a classmate who wears diapers because of a weak bladder, has gone somewhere with Morei, a childhood friend he incorrectly believes has a fetish for diapers, he wonders if they're "diapals". During an encounter with Muni, who he knows for a fact has such a fetish, he mentally refers to her as a "diapervert".
40* Beach volleyball teams in ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'' are often named as a portmanteau of its members' names. For example, the titular Harukana consists of Haruka and Kanata, while '''E'''mily and '''Clair'''e's team is called Eclair.
41* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', Red's "Bansou"-themed names for his equipment are a portmanteau of two words meaning "equipment" and an alternate reading for "kizuna" or "bonds". Thus it literally means "friendship tools".
42* [[FusionDance Fusions]] in ''Franchise/DragonBall'', whether they're through the potara earrings or the metamoran dance, combine everything about both participants into one new being, including their names. For example: Goku and Vegeta into "Gogeta" or Kale and Caulifla into "Kafla".
43* In ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', Kuroe Akaishi's {{Kaiju}} form gets named "Harugon", which is derived from "Harumi" (the name of the river where the monster was first seen) and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent "dragon"]].
44* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' has a few:
45** Kazuto's online username, Kirito, is a portmanteau of his first and last names: Kazu'''to''' '''Kiri'''gaya.
46** The term "beater" is also a portmanteau: Beta[[note]]referring to beta testers[[/note]] + Cheater = Beater.
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50* In the original Malay version of ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', the eponymous character's catchphrase is "Terbaik!", which means "awesome". The Hindi dub changes it to "Dhamalastic!", a combination of the Hindi "dhaamal" ("fun") and the English "fantastic".
51* The sixth season of ''Animation/BoonieBears'' is titled ''Sunsational Summer'', using a portmanteau of the words "sun" and "sensational".
52* Inverted with ''Animation/{{Nussa}}'' as it names its main characters as the split parts of one word: "Nusantara", the term for the Indonesian "outer islands" or archipelago. The titular boy is Nussa, his pet cat's name is Anta, and his sister's name is Rarra.
53* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the English name of Weslie's father, Smarc, is a combination of the word "smart" (befitting of a scientist) and the name "Marc".
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57* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
58** The fans do these with combos, like Land Tax (If your opponent gets more lands than you, you can search your library for three lands and put them in play.) + Armageddon (Destroy all lands.) = Taxageddon (for massive mana advantage and card advantage). Yawgmoth's Bargain (pay X life to draw X cards) + Heroes' Reunion (gain 7 life) = Heroes' Bargain (or two and a third Ancestral Recalls, which, to be fair, requires you run a three-color deck).
59** Occasionally used for actual cards, such as "Blightning" and "Deadapult".
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63* Video games in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' tend to be mashups of real-life titles, like the first-person shooters ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} athon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/DukeNukem Duke]] [[VideoGame/{{Quake}} Quakem]]'', adventure game ''Iron Mysticus'' (combining ''Iron Helix'', ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'', and ''Lunicus''), or the unlikely combination ''VideoGame/{{Riv|en}}[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} iablo]]''.
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66[[folder:Fanfic (Fan Fiction)]]
67* The name of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''' [[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS3E1DrBrainChillPart1 two]]-[[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS3E2DrBrainChillPart2 parter]] "Dr. [=BrainChill=]", to represent the two villains [[BigBadDuumvirate working together.]]
68* In [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/82162 Stars From Home]], Scott and Hank use "groovetacular" (groovy + spectacular).
69* In the ''Videogame/{{Undertale}} fanfic [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Visiontale Visiontale]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8779618/chapters/20125687 posted on Archive of Our Own]], there are "longivators", elevators that travel longitudinally, in the lab. Pauline and Chara also call Sans and Papyrus the Skelebros when referring to them collectively.
70* In ''Fanfic/AgesOfShadow'', the HighPriest of the [[ReligionOfEvil Shadow Walkers]] is known as the Himinion, which is clearly a mix of the words "high minion".
71* In ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'', a group of people who sought to cancel [[Anime/ReCreators Setsuna]] named themselves Zenmetsuna, based off the Japanese word 'zenmetsu', meaning annihilate, and Setsuna. In other words: their aim is to annihilate Setsuna.
72* In ''[[Fanfic/PatternsOfThePast Patterns of the Past]]'', Orscheln gives a "posilutely" ("positive" and "absolutely") when she finds a record plastered to Old Missie's office chair and deduces that it's another clue from the Patternista.
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75[[folder:Filmations (Films -- Animation)]]
76* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'' is a combination of "Anomaly" and "Lisa".
77* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', the kung-fu masters who have their chi stolen turn into green living statues. When Tigress refers to them as "jade zombies", Po and Monkey both dub them "jombies".
78* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': Donkey and Dragon's hybrid babies have been nicknamed by fandom as "dronkeys".
79* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Vanellope von Schweetz's first name is a combination of ''van''illa and Pen''elope''.
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83* Creator/PeterSellers in ''The Bobo'' is a wandering singer/bullfighter who calls himself a matatroubador - or troubamatador, he hasn't decided which.
84* In ''Film/{{Dave}}'', the title character makes up a girlfriend, describing her as an exotic princess: half Polynesian, half American "Amnesian".
85* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''
86-->"Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: [[SdrawkcabName gnodab]]."
87* In ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'', Weasel comes up with the word "afrangry" since there seems to be no word for being half afraid, half angry.
88* [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gojira]] = gorira (Gorilla) x kujira (Whale).
89* In ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpeditio Slivko]] [[SarcasmMode creatively]] dubs the makeshift boat which heavily uses parts from a crashed plane a "ploat".
90* In ''Film/{{Rags}}'', The stage name Andrew and Lloyd use in their act is "Android", a combination of both of their names, as explained by Lloyd at the beginning.
91* ''Film/RoboCop1987'' and the [[Franchise/RoboCop subsequent media]] are based on the portmanteau of "Robot" and "Cop."
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94[[folder:Joahu (Jokes and Humor)]]
95* This joke combines this with a {{Pun}}:
96-->'''Q''': What do you call a cross between an elephant and a rhino?\
97'''A''': Elephino. (Hell if I know.)
98* The bawdy joke where the male has some ''literal'' portmanteau (which can vary according to country and narrator) tattooed on his member and the female wonders. The [[GagPenis expanded]] version then explains [[{{Pun}} at length.]]
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101[[folder:Litfic (Literature)]]
102* As one might expect, The TropeNamer, ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', is chocabloc full of portmanteau words, at least one of which, chortle, made it into common usage. The poem "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}" is practically a compendium of portmanteau words, (brillig, slithy, wabe, outgrabe and that's just the first stanza) most of which did not make it into common usage, unless someone is feeling arch and wants to show off their vocabulary.
103** When Alice asks Humpty Dumpty what some of the words in Jabberwocky mean, he expounds upon the subject, with "slithy" being a portmanteau of "lithe" and "slimy"; "toves" as resembling badgers, lizards, with corkscrew-like bodies; the "wabe" being the grass around the base of a sundial that goes a long way before it and a long way behind it; "mimsy" as flimsy and miserable; "outgrabe" as a sound which is something between bellowing and whistling.
104* In ''Literature/FeliksNetAndNika'' robots in Institute are named by portmanteaus of their functions. Three most prominent examples are Konpopoz (''[=KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych=]'', Flat Surfaces Conservator), Roznakin (''[=RObot ZNAKu=]jący i [=INformacyjny=]'', Labeling And Information Robot) and Autotup (''[=AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik=]'', Automatic Tourist Guide).
105* In ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', NewSpeak has a few of them, such as [=IngSoc=], [=MiniLuv=], and... [=NewSpeak=].
106* Creator/EnidBlyton used ''delumptious'' and ''scrumplicious'', the two possible portmanteaux of ''delicious'' and ''scrumptious''. This was also referenced in ''Literature/GoodnightMisterTom''.
107* ''Literature/AfterManAZoologyOfTheFuture'': Some of the future animals are named this way, portmanteauing the extant species they're descended from with the species that currently fills their ecological niche (eg Rabbuck, for a rabbit the size of a deer).
108* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' has "muttations" (mutt+mutation, for genetically engineered beasts), "nightlock" (nightshade+hemlock, poisonous berries), "Communicuff" (a watch-like communicator that looks like a handcuff), "propos" (propaganda ads) and mockingjay (mockingbird+jabberjay - which was a genetically engineered bird - , a bird that is able to mimic music).
109* ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety''. "We're the Winmates! Because we're inmates...that ''win''. It's a portly man's toe or whatever you call it."
110* ''Cyborg'' ("Cybernetic" + "Organism") popularized (but not invented) by the 1973 Creator/MartinCaidin science fiction novel of the same name, which also popularized "bionic" from "biology" and "electronic".
111* ''Literature/TheAmyVirus:'' When Cynthia Ann Butt decides to [[MeaningfulRename rename herself]] to Cyan Beaute, her new first name Cyan comes from the combination of the first two letters of her original first and middle name (Cynthia + Anne).
112* Creator/IsaacAsimov's
113** "Literature/ABoysBestFriend": The titular character is a [[RobotDog "robot-mutt"]] or Robutt.
114** ''Literature/WordsOfScienceAndTheHistoryBehindThem'': Many of the words in this book come from putting two or more words together. In the "Neoprene" entry, it describes the various words for isoprene compounds. The word "chloroprene", especially, is a compound of chlorine and isoprene. In the entry for "Niacin", Dr Asimov explains that the word comes from combining nicotinic (ni), acid (ac), and vitamin (in).
115* ''Literature/SpySchool'': Ashley Sparks has a VerbalTic of throwing at least one of these into all of her conversations (eg: Jidiots, or Jerks + idiots).
116* ''Literature/UnbelievablyBoringBart'': Pickleback, the Bean family's dog, is so named because Bill, the dad, wanted to name him "Quarterback", whereas Bart, the son, wanted to name him "Pickle". They reached a compromise in "Pickleback".
117* In "Literature/GenreSavvy", Edgar and his friends celebrate "Horrorween", a mash up of "horror" and "Halloween"; their half-way to Halloween party.
118* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': Bella's and Edward's daughter is named Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Renesmee is a portmanteau of their mothers' names (Renee + Esme), while Carlie is a portmanteau of their fathers' names (Carlisle + Charlie). [[WriteWhatYouKnow This is actually a real-life Mormon tradition]].
119* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': ''Goblins on the Prowl'' reveals that Granny Pinchbottom has come up with one for some of her creations -- "specipe", a combination of "spell" and "recipe", which is used when she's creating a new goo-like substance with a specific magical purpose. The word's use initially confuses Fauna the first time Granny uses it in her presence; thankfully, Granny explains when Fauna expresses this confusion.
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124* There was a bit on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' where Tobias prints business cards declaring himself a cross between an analyst and a therapist... an "analrapist".
125** In another episode GOB and Tobias try to start a business together, as Gobias Industries.
126* One experiment in ''Series/BetterOffTed'' is referred to as a disasticle (disater + debacle).
127* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' is fond of these.
128* ''Series/LookAroundYou'': "Thanks, ants. Thants." This became a recurring gag in the second season, and eventually reached its logical conclusion when the presenter thanks two people named "Hank" by saying "Thanks, Hanks. Thanks."
129* Will in ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' calls Neil's dad a "bumder", which he later explains to be a mix of bummer and bender.
130* ''Series/TheFutureIsWild'', being a SpiritualSuccessor to ''After Man'' (above), uses a similar naming system.
131* This exchange from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' regarding Drew's cyber-date is full of them.
132-->'''Kate:''' Yeah, is "pathetisad" a word?\
133'''Drew:''' Hey, whatever [=BeerStud3=] and [=HoneyBee23=] do is their own business.\
134'''Kate:''' Beer stud? Forget "pathetisad", is "weirdork" a word?\
135'''Drew:''' I don't know, is "sarcastabitch" a word?
136* From ''{{Series/Fringe}}'' we have vagenda, a portmanteau of ''vagina'' and ''agenda'', made up when [[spoiler:Walter learns about [[BedTrick Fauxlivia seducing Peter]]]].
137-->[[spoiler:'''Walter''']]: She tricked my son with her carnal manipulations and he fell right into her vagenda!
138* In ''Series/{{Psych}}'', Shawn spends an episode trying to come up with a word to describe the killer of the week, who both set fires and killed people. Two of them were "Arsassin" and "Furderer."
139* ''Series/{{Community}}'' - a nurse tries to stop Jeff and he asks "Or what, you'll do twice as much work as a doctor for half the pay?" It stops her in her tracks and Britta explains he gave her a 'complisult', a compliment/insult. She adds that she coined the term, adding that was an 'explainobrag'.
140* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The episode "Tuvix" is about two main characters, Tuvok and Neelix, who are combined via a TeleporterAccident into [[FusionDance one person]] who decides to call himself... [[BaitAndSwitchComment Neevok!]] He then decides Tuvix is better.
141* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Bunnicorn, the KillerRabbit on Nepenthe with a small horn on its forehead, is a blend of the words "'''bunn'''y" and "un'''icorn'''."
142* Dave Gorman makes up a few in ''Series/ModernLifeIsGoodish''. The episode "Spray Gravy" has a whole segment on the meal replacement product Huel ("human fuel"), which Dave says was probably invented by a bunch of "[[CountryMatters hunts]]", and decides the product name is in fact a portmanteau for "hipster gruel". He then goes on to invent a music substitute that is just a concentrated burst of sound, which he calls "Spunes" ("speed tunes").
143* ''Series/BreakingBad'': One of the dipping sauces Peter Schuler samples in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E2Madrigal Madrigal]]" as part of his last meal is "Franch" sauce, a ''Fr''ench and ''ranch'' dressing combo.
144* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E4Hero Hero]]" reveals that Hamlin Hamlin & [=McGill=] has trademarked the shade of indigo used by their firm's logo and advertising, which they call "Hamlindigo" blue.
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147[[folder:Musongs (Music Songs)]]
148* {{Music/Pristin}} Pristin is made from the words “Prismatic” and “Elastin”
149* {{Music/Gorillaz}}' "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" describes the noise of a volcanic eruption as a "castrophony" -- possibly a catastrophic cacophony.
150** Alternatives would also include "symphony".
151* Horned Necrocannibals (Рогатые Трупоеды) have a song named "Vengeanscythe". It's about a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeful]], as far as one can tell, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent deadman]]. [[SinisterScythe With a scythe]].
152* The Mars Volta use portmanteaus a lot in their album titles like Amputechture (Amputate-Technology-Architecture) and Noctourniquet (Nocturne-Tourniquet)
153* Sammy Kershaw's 1996 single "Vidalia" is about a girl with that name, which is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Violet and Dale. In the song, he sings that the name is appropriate, since Vidalia is also a type of onion, and like the onion, she always makes him cry.
154* [[{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]] has the song "Murmaider" from their first album. It's about mermaids. Committing murder.
155* Music/GaMetal is a portmanteau of [[VideoGame Game]] and "Metal", fitting since it's a project based on HeavyMetal remixes of songs from video games.
156* Wizzzard's only album Bettishbreez takes its name from the 3 members: Betty Wright, Ish Ledesma, and Breezy Beat MC.
157* Music/{{Supertramp}}'s most recent GreatestHitsAlbum was called "Retrospectacle".
158* Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten: In "Was ist, ist" we got the charming [[GravityIsAHarshMistress "Gravitätlichkeiten"]] [[note]]Untranslatable of course; if you are good at General Relativity, perhaps "Assault and Battericci".[[/note]]
159* The title of Music/MilesDavis' final studio album, ''Music/DooBop'', was derived from producer Easy Mo Bee's doowop[=/=]rap fusion "doo-hop" and "bebop".
160* UsefulNotes/{{Christian|ity}} fans of Music/{{U2}} went through a trend of incorporating the band's songs into religious services, which were dubbed "U2charist."
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164* The ''Podcast/EscapeFromVaultDisney'' episode on ''WesternAnimation/MilesFromTomorrowland'' made fun of the show's characters using these constantly to force catchphrases, such as "blast-tastic".
165-->'''Ron:''' I'm a big fan of bad nomenclature. [[TakeThat That's why I love]] Ride/UniversalStudios.
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169* Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}} were infamous for doing this sort of thing. The best example was ramipercussions, a combination of ramifications and repercussions. Also, due to the Wrestling/TripleH-led [[Wrestling/TheCorporation Corporation]] / Wrestling/DGenerationX alliance being alternately called the "[=McMahon-Helmsley=] Faction" and the "[=McMahon-Helmsley=] Regime", they called it the "Fac-gime" and "Fregime".
170* Some tag team names are Portmanteaus, such as [[Wrestling/LayCool [=LayCool=]]], comprised of Layla and Michelle [=McCool=].
171* Wrestling/{{Ryback}} combines this with a DevelopmentGag. His first name is Ryan, and he wrestled in the indies as Ryan "The Silverback" Reeves.
172* Wrestling/{{Madusa}}'s name is a portmanteau of [[AllAmericanFace "Made in the USA"]].
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176* In ''Radio/TheUnbelievableTruth'', Season 17 Episode 5, Frankie Boyle claims that UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} is a portmanateu of "obnoxious" and "privilege".
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180* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
181** Multiclass character builds in are occasionally named like this, from the bardbarian (bard plus barbarian) to the sorcadin (sorcerer plus paladin).
182** Gnolls in the first edition were conceived as a [[HybridMonster hybrid]] of '''gn'''omes and tr'''oll'''s, but have since [[CharacterisationMarchesOn become their own thing]].
183** And then there's Mystara's "Thoul", an hybride of ghoul, hobgoblin and troll.
184* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'':
185** Portmanteaus are used as technical terms ''all over the place'' in TheVerse: [[HumongousMecha BattleMech]], {{DropShip}}, [[TheBattlestar WarShip]], [[PortalNetwork JumpShip]], etc.
186** The Clans from shun the use of contractions, yet will combine other words like ''quaiff'' (query affirmative) and ''quineg'' (query negative).
187** The [[ReportingNames Reporting Name]] for the ''Timber Wolf'' came from an Inner Sphere [=MechWarrior=]'s targeting computer jumping from ''Marauder'' (MAD) to ''Catapult'' (CAT) repeatedly in an attempt to identify it. Hence, ''Mad Cat''.
188* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game, there's the [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Archfiend_Palabyrinth Archfiend Palabyrinth]] Field Spell, a combination of "palace" and "labyrinth". Also, the Psychic monster [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Frankenderp Dr. Frankenderp]], a combination of Literature/{{Frankenstein}} and "furage", a word that means "flying get", a term used to describe finding something earlier than it ''should'' be found. (Which is a description of the monster's effect.)
189* The eponymous bad guys in ''TabletopGame/TheEsoterrorists'' are esoteric terrorists.
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192[[folder:Vidames (Video Games)]]
193* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': The Blood-goyle demons' name is a mash-up of "Blood" and "Gargoyle".
194* ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II]]''
195** The strategy guides and developer comments refer to the Amazon character as a "spearazon" or a "bowazon", depending on which skill tree the player specializes in.
196** Paladin builds do much the same thing, from the Hammerdin (Paladin who uses Blessed Hammer), Auradin (Paladin who uses auras) and the Vengadin or Avenger (Paladin who uses Vengeance). There's also a build using Holy Freeze and Zeal which is called (appropriately) the [[{{Pun}} Freezealot]].
197** Assassins are primarily grouped into Kicksins (those who use kung fu) and Trapsins (those who use traps).
198* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' also has the Healadin and Retradin paladin builds.
199** In the Beta and Vanilla days there were dozens more, but they fell by the wayside as online resources (such as wikis) started standardizing information and slang from the smaller crowds started merging. Truid (Tree + Druid), Dammy (DPS + Shaman), Ironwind/Stormforge (Merging two nearby starting city names to differentiate them from Darnassus, which was significantly farther away) come to mind.
200* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
201** Most Pokémon names are Portmanteaus. Example: Treecko = tree + gecko.
202** "Pokémon" is in itself a Portmanteau, as copyright issues prevented Nintendo from using "Pocket Monsters" outside Japan.
203** It's all over the {{Metagame}}, a fan tendency to combine Pokemon names with moves or abilities. Snorlax with Curse=Curselax, the rare event Bagon/Shelgon/Salamence with Wish is Wishgon/Wishmence ect.
204** ''[[VideoGame/PokkenTournament Pokken]]'' = Pokémon + VideoGame/{{Tekken}}
205* The game ''[[VideoGame/{{Worms}} Worms 4: Mayhem]]'' uses poxels. Poxel is a portmanteau of polygon and voxel, which is a portmanteau of volume and pixel, which is a portmanteau of picture and element. In other words, it's a polygon volume picture element.
206* The Gymnatorium from ''VideoGame/BackyardBasketball'' is a portmanteau of gymnasium and auditorium.
207* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' is a sort of half-example: "shodown" is meant to be a combination of "showdown" and "shogun," but the end result is phonetically identical to one of the words that make it up.
208* ''VideoGame/{{Somari}}'' is what you get when you combine VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].
209* ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'' (Car+ Armageddon) is a graphically violent vehicular combat 1997 PC video game.
210* What happens when you take the setting of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and then you [[GenreShift shift the genre]] from a FightingGame to a RhythmGame? You get "Theatre + Rhythm", both words blended into the title of the new game: ''VideoGame/TheatrhythmFinalFantasy''.
211* Game developer Westone Bit Entertainment (of ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' fame) took its name from a combination of its two founding members' surnames: Ryuichi Nishizawa (Nishi = West) and Michishito Ishizuka (Ishi = Stone).
212* The futuristic sport ''VideoGame/{{Pararena}}'' is played in a parabolic arena.
213* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
214** In ''VideoGame/Metroid1'', the name Metroid is a mashup of the words ''Metro'' and ''Android''.
215** The Luminoth in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' is a combination of luminous and moth.
216* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode 1'' introduces zombified Combine soldiers. And the developers did not miss the chance to give Alyx a line that calls them Zombine, and the name obviously has become the common name for these enemies.
217* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' there is an Apostate mage being undercover as a prostitute:
218--> '''Isabella:''' ''"Apostate prostitutes? Apostitutes! Haha!"''
219* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has a hippie/drug dealer that enjoys using the term "groodalicious", a strange combination of "groovy" and "delicious"
220* The [[AscendedFanon fans and creators]] of ''Videogame/DontStarve'' have a peculiar term for the creation which allows one to proceed to the next world: the 'Teleportato'.
221* ''VideoGame/NaziZombies'': Ever heard of a Blundergat? [[labelnote:Weapon Description]]This is what happens, when you take multiple barrels and firepower of a gatling gun, with the compactness and spread of a blunderbuss. To be frank, this thing is pretty damn rare.[[/labelnote]]
222* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' has (in-universe) ALMSIVI, for '''Alm'''alexia, Sotha '''Si'''l, and '''Vi'''vec (the three {{Physical God}}s of the Dunmeri Tribunal). [[spoiler: By the end of the game and expansions, two of the gods are dead, and one goes missing not so long afterwards. Thus, the term has fallen out of favor by the time we get a closer look at Dunmeri culture again in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'''s ''Dragonborn'' expansion.]]
223* Shoot-em-ups eventually came to be referred to as shmups.
224* ''VideoGame/{{Jardinains}}'' = "jardin"[[note]]French for "garden"[[/note]]+"nains"[[note]]French for "dwarf"[[/note]]. It's probably a reference to the garden gnome-like creatures in the game that want to make your life miserable, but burst into powerups if you bounce them enough times.
225* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''. Revenge with a Vengeance. Revengeance.
226* ''VideoGame/ShantaeRiskysRevenge'': Talking to Uncle Mimic when possessing the broken Coffee Machine has him mention Wrench and how "He's half wren and half finch you know!", making his name a ADogNamedDog but portmanteau.
227* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' has Gnorcs, which are most likely [[OurGnomesAreWeirder Gnomes]] + [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]].
228* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Collectopaedia. Collectible + encyclopaedia. Yeah, they went there.
229* ''VideoGame/{{Chunithm}}'' = ''{{chuunibyou}}'' + rhythm.
230* The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games have a cheap knockoff version of the famous Excalibur sword (first appearing in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'') sometimes referred to as "Excalipoor" (Excalibur+Poor). Its original Japanese name is エクスカリパー (Ekusukaripā), which is basically "Excalipur" (エクスカリバー (Ekusukaribā) but with a p instead of a b).
231* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'': Arle's signature Diacute spell derives its name from the English words "diamond" and "acute", as in the attack having acute precision. The English version of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' infamously messes up in translating it, rendering it as "Diamond Cutie".
232* In ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', console video games are called "vidcons" for some reason. The talking save point insists to not spell them "vid cons". This is likely a part of the BlindIdiotTranslation gag the game uses (Gunslinger? No, ''gun'sbrasters'').
233* ''VideoGame/{{Teleroboxer}}'', an old game for the Virtual Boy, gets its name from Telerobotics (remote control of semi-autonomous robots) and Boxing.
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237* ''WebAnimation/ReynaldoTheAssassin'' gives us "dadsassin" (a dad [[SecretLegacy who is an assassin]]) and "swordsassin" (an assassin with a sword).
238* The A.I. used by Freelancers in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' are named by a portmanteau of the A.I.'s Greek letter designation and their respective agent's real name. For instance, '''Om'''ega + '''Alli'''son = O'Malley, and '''Ga'''mma + '''Re'''ginald = Gary.
239* The characters in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' use these so much and so casually, they're practically part of the local dialect. The Strong Bad Email "dictionary" even hangs a lampshade on this fact by creating a dictionary of Strong Badian English, introducing several new portmanteaus in the process. Their [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Portmanteaus wiki has a list]]. And the mash-ups of various phrases, such as: "All contestants will receive a year's supply of our home game."
240%%* ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'': "Grood. I mean good. And great. Great and good."
241%%* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'': "...why is [Teresa] acting all snotty and obnoxious? She's...snobnoxious!"
242* ''WebAnimation/TrickMoon'': The show's title comes from combining ''Trick''shot and ''Moon''stone.
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246* One ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' [[http://achewood.com/index.php?date=09072005 strip]] coined the term "bloatee", a portmanteau of "bloated" and "goatee", used to describe the facial hair worn by fat men to hide their double chins.
247* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' has a million of these. Such wonders include "sylladex"(sylloge+index; the name of the story's inventory system),"echeladder" (echelon+ladder; what amounts to the leveling screen) and countless more.
248* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' gives us "bullshot" -- a screencap of a not-yet-released game, intentionally doctored to look better than the game actually is. [[DontExplainTheJoke It's a combination of "screenshot" and "bullshit"]].
249* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' makes a malapropism and a portmanteau out of "malapropism" and "portmanteau". The resulting monster is [[http://xkcd.com/739/ "Malamanteau"]].
250* In ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', [[DumbMuscle MinMax]] comes up with [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/01282011/ some incredibly half-assed ones.]]
251* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gives us [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-01-01 this stunning pun]]:
252-->'''Tagon''': Sergeant Schlock used that information to "eliminate" [[MadDoctor the doctor responsible for the project]] and... "dispose" of the body.\
253'''Schlock''': Ennesby gave me a shorter word to say all that, sir. "Assassineated".
254* [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2002-07-04 Jeremy]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is sometimes called "hedgecat".
255* T-Rex from ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' creates the word "[[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2129 nostalgretz]]" as an English equivalent for the Portugese word "saudade".
256-->'''Utahraptor:''' It's kind of a frothy mixture of nostalgia and regret, right?\
257'''T-Rex:''' Exactly!
258* In ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'', Sonny [[http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20140414 coins a term]] for his grandpa's fondness for {{Rambling Old Man Monologue}}s: his "anecdotage"[[note]]"anecdote" and "dotage"[[/note]].
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262* Website/TheOtherWiki ''loves'' this word, as was noted in [[http://xkcd.com/739/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip.
263* The word {{Creepypasta}} is itself a Portmanteau word. The name derives from the words "creepy" and "copy-pasta", referring to the tendency of these stories to be copied and pasted on chat rooms.
264* The ''Website/CollegeHumor'' "Powerthirst" commercials thrive on this (and MundaneMadeAwesome). Flavors include Shockolate, Rawberry, Manana, Fizzbitch (?), Juice Springsteen, "Godberry: King of the Juice," and [[OddNameOut Gun]]. (And don't forget, it's energy for men... MENERGY! Also contains [[TestosteronePoisoning preposterous amounts of testosterone... PREPOSTERONE!]])
265* In the ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'' Sketch "The Pub". The pub was a portmanteau for Portmanteau Club where the members created portmanteau.
266* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': "Horribifuckus."
267* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' introduced the Internet to "destrucity", a word invented by the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, which is the '''TRUC'''e between '''DEST'''iny and real'''ITY'''.
268* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' and her friends released a ParanormalRomance [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu featuring an]] EldritchAbomination called ''Awoken'', under the pen name JustForFun/SerraElinsen - combining Antonella "Nella" Inserra and Lindsay Ellis, while also evoking Elisa Hansen.
269* ''[[http://thosearentmuskets.com/index.php Those Aren't Muskets]]'': [[http://thosearentmuskets.com/sketches/clitter.php "Clitter"]] It's glitter for ahh... [[UnusualEuphemism a certain womanly area that starts with clit]].
270* WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'s screen name is a portmanteau of his real name, '''Phel'''an Porte'''ous'''.
271* [[RunningGag Practically ubiquitous]] in ''WebVideo/ThewsAwesomeTransformersReviews''. Thew will spontaneously coin one pretty much any time he says any remotely compatible pair of words, with varying degrees of [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] depending on how bad the pun is.
272* ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'':
273** The post "[[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/138201845/july-8-email-exchange-with-a-hypocritic Email Exchange with a Hypocritic]]" uses a combination of "{{hypocrite}}" and "critic", owing to Gary criticizing Gabe for a minor grammatical error while his own writing is far less proper.
274** [[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/139477761/july-11-emoticonvict-that-ones-a-stretch This post]]'s title refers to Gary as "Emoticonvict", referencing his offbeat use of {{emoticon}}s in the email exchange it reprints alongside his penchant for criminal behavior. (The subtitle admits that it's a bit of an awkward portmanteau.)
275* The WebAnimation/DaThings YouTubePoop "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiZN8MNWtOo Wow! I'm Hungry (Wow! It's Made! 3)]]", as part of its edits of ''Series/HowItsMade'', shortens "thick liquid" to "thiquid", as well as "cap applicators" to "capplicators".
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279* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''; the zoo inhabitants are terrified of a parade balloon shaped like a killer whale, which they dub the "sky orca". King Julien promptly coins the term "skorca" for it.
280* [[Main/AllPlanetsAreEarthLike Yugopotamia]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' seems to be a portmanteau of "Yugoslavia" and "Mesopotamia."
281* From ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'':
282-->"If you don't like violence, why did you become a barbarian?"\
283"I didn't know what the word meant. I thought it was a librarian who also cut hair."
284* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', the sport commentators for the Gobbowl matches regularly make up silly portmanteaus on the spot.
285* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
286** One episode introduces us to the [[TheSwarm Parasprites]]: a portmanteau of "sprite" (as in a fairy) and "parasite".
287** In "The Last Round-Up", Pinkie Pie rambles to Applejack about a food she's invented that's basically a chimichanga made with cherry filling, and debates whether to call it a "chimicherry", a "cherrychanga" or a "chimicherrychanga".
288** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]": "I'm thinking we go by chariot! Or as everyone will soon be calling them, ''Rariot!"''
289** Twilight's [[WingedUnicorn Alicorn]] [[PrincessesRule Princess]] form has been nicknamed "Twilicorn".
290* The Hungarian dub of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' rendered Lion-O's oft-repeated "Whiskers!" catchphrase as "Bajszus!", combining the words "bajusz" (whisker) and "basszus" (damn it).
291* The title of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' is "symbiotic" (two organisms living closely together) and bionic (cyborgs).
292* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. Dale comes up with some from time to time, such as "[[http://youtu.be/jRHWr9cjJZ0 Objection: conjecture. Objecture!]]"
293* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' has the Wartmongers ("wart" + "warmonger").
294* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': "Tants" = "table" + "pants".
295* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' - the kids are making a movie set in a hotel:
296-->'''Jason:''' Morning, ma'am. Are you staying with us for business or pleasure?\
297'''Melissa:''' Both.\
298'''Jason:''' That would be "bleasure".\
299'''Mellisa:''' Yes.\
300'''Jason:''' Or "plizzness".
301* In ''[[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Harvey Birdman, Attorney General]]'', Phil somehow becomes President of the US without an inauguration and tries to get himself impeached, leading to him planning an "inaugurpeachment" to have both happen at the same time.
302* In ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', the characters sometimes user the word "coolsome" ("cool" + "awesome").
303* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', Raven describes herself as being "nean" ("nice" + "mean"), which is a form of BrutalHonesty.
304* Audrey on ''WesternAnimation/HarveyStreetKids'' has this as a VerbalTic, in that she tends to combine synonyms to form new words, such as "spectacular" and "stupendous" to form "spectacu-pendous". The first episode of season 2 reveals that she picked this up from [[BigBrotherBully her older sister]], who wanted to make her sound insane.
305* Reoccuring villain from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' is Orangusnake (orangutan + snake).
306* The ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode "The Clock Strikes Back" featured this exchange between DM and Nozzle, a figure claiming to be King Arthur's wizard:
307-->'''DM:''' You don't look much like a magician to me, more like a cross between a druid and a monk.\
308'''Penfold:''' You mean a "drunk"?\
309'''Nozzle:''' [[BorrowedCatchphrase Penfold, shush.]]
310* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[=SpongeBob's Road to Christmas=]", after noticing the snow and smog in the Christmas Land Theme Park, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick call it "snog".
311* ''WesternAnimation/SummerCampIsland'': Oscar has an "elephone," which is a telephone that looks like an elephant.
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314[[folder:Realife (Real Life)]]
315* The Goldwyn Picture Corporation was founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn (it was joked at the time that the firm just could have been called the Selfish Corporation instead). Then Samuel Goldfish officially changed his surname to Goldwyn.
316* The German lightbulb brand Osram combines ''Os''mium with Wolf''ram'' (tungsten), the name of two rare component metals.
317* Creator/ColumbiaPictures' former record label was called Colpix ('''Col'''umbia '''Pic'''tures) because the obvious choice was [[Creator/ColumbiaRecords already taken]]. It was later replaced by Colgems ('''Col'''umbia and Screen '''Gems''', their [[Creator/ScreenGems television division]]).
318* Astronomers refer to the future merging of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies as "Milkomeda" or "Milkromeda".
319* Parufamet, which was a joint venture by '''Par'''amount Pictures and '''Met'''ro-Goldwyn-Mayer to finance and distribute films by German-based studio '''UFA'''.
320* The laundry detergent brand Persil comes from a combination of two of its original ingredients, sodium '''per'''borate and sodium '''sil'''icate. It's sold under a different name in France, where persil is the word for parsley.
321* Turducken. A somewhat unfortunate name for a thanksgiving feast.
322* General Motors did this twice:
323** In the sixties, they introduced a new rear-engined compact car branded as a Chevrolet. They called it the Corvair as a portmanteau between '''Corv'''ette and Bel '''Air'''.
324** The following decade, they brought out a new Pontiac. It was named the Grand Am for the '''Grand''' Prix and Trans '''Am'''.
325* After some Japanese street racers damaged the front ends of their Nissan 180SX's, they replaced those front ends with the lighter front clips from the S13 generation Silvia. The end result was dubbed the Sileighty (for '''Sil'''via and One-'''Eighty'''-SX).
326* UsefulNotes/LondonUnderground:
327** The Bakerloo line's name is a portmanteau of the name of the railway company that constructed it, the ''Baker'' Street and Water''loo'' Railway.
328** When the City & South London Railway was merged with the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, the resulting tube line became known as the Morden–Edgware line, but a number of portmanteau names were considered for the route, such as "Edgmor", "Mordenware", "Medgeway" and "Edgmorden". And with Egyptology in fashion after King Tut's tomb had been discovered, there was even a proposal to call the line the Tootancamden line as it passed through both ''Toot''ing and ''Camden''. Ultimately, none were chosen, and the route became known as the Northern line.
329* Conrail was short for ''Con''solidated ''Rail'', a name befitting its role as the consolidation of several struggling freight railroads in the Northeastern United States to operate as one entity.
330* Metra, Chicago's commuter railroad network, is short for ''Met''ropolitan ''Ra''il.
331* Sporks are ''sp''oons with f''ork'' tines on them.
332* The famed Imagineers of Ride/{{Disneyland}} get their name from "imagine" and "engineer," as they were the ones tasked with bringing Creator/WaltDisney's dreams to life.
333* Brazilian footballer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampeta Vampeta]], a combination of "''vamp''ire" and "cap''eta''" (one of Satan's names in Portuguese) that emerged from him lacking his front teeth as a junior.
334* Shortly after the Russian military began its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the term "rascist" became popular among Ukrainians and their supporters on social media to describe their enemy, being a combination of "Russian" and "fascist."
335* When the wreck of the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' was found, one of the most unique discoveries was that the ship was covered in icicle-like structures of rust, which became known as "rusticles."
336* The Marriott Swan and Dolphin resort hotels at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld are often called "Swolphin" by Disney cast members.
337* In Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon, the ski areas of Solitude Mountain Resort and Brighton Ski Resort share a boundary, and it is possible to travel between the two. The trail one uses to do this is known as "Solbright", which is also the name of a special season pass that enables one to access the chairlifts of both ski areas.
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