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11->''"Can someone tell me why 'I think Annie and Mort would make a nice couple' isn't as good as 'Anmorttimomerny'?"''
12-->-- '''Tom Siddell''', author of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''
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14When {{Shipping}} a pair of characters, fans often combine the characters' names into a {{portmanteau}} word. They then use this word to refer to the couple as a unit. CamelCase is optional.
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16Although common in {{Anime}} fandoms, where the syllable-based nature of the Japanese language means names are modular and can be snapped together with ease, there are still numerous examples of RealLife celebrity couples where this happens.[[note]]It should be noted that with Japanese characters, the English names for these pairings often don't work as the syllables of the name separated differently in each language. For example, with ''Anime/DigimonAdventure,'' the pairing of Taichi (Tai for short in the dub) and Sora is often called "Taiora" in English, but in Japanese, the name "Taichi" is spelled with one character for "ta" and one for "ichi" while "Sora" is all one character. As such, the pairing name becomes "Tasora." Some purists will get mad at you for "splitting the kanji" and using pairing names that can't be written with the letters in the characters' names in Japan, though of course most people consider that to be ''really'' overthinking things.[[/note]]
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18SlashFic pairings can also adopt this naming convention. When such pairings are involved, the order of the names also becomes significant, as the name appearing in the first half of the portmanteau is usually the dominant member.
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20For less obvious variations, see IdiosyncraticShipNaming. Portmanteau Couple Names may also come in handy if the couple performs a RomanticFusion and ''literally'' becomes a single being.
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23%% These portmanteaus display best when typed the escape sequence: [=text here=].
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26!!Example subpages:
27[[index]]
28* PortmanteauCoupleName/AnimeAndManga
29* PortmanteauCoupleName/ComicBooks
30* PortmanteauCoupleName/FanWorks
31* [[PortmanteauCoupleName/AnimatedFilm Films — Animated]]
32* [[PortmanteauCoupleName/{{Film}} Films — Live-Action]]
33* PortmanteauCoupleName/{{Literature}}
34* PortmanteauCoupleName/LiveActionTV
35* PortmanteauCoupleName/ProfessionalWrestling
36* PortmanteauCoupleName/VideoGames
37* PortmanteauCoupleName/WebOriginal
38* PortmanteauCoupleName/{{Webcomics}}
39* PortmanteauCoupleName/WesternAnimation
40* PortmanteauCoupleName/RealLife
41[[/index]]
42
43!!Other examples:
44[[foldercontrol]]
45
46[[folder:Advertising]]
47* OlderThanTheyThink -- this [[Advertising/BurmaShave Burma-Shave rhyme]] from the sixties teeters on the edge of this trope:
48-->''Ben met Anna\
49Made a hit\
50Neglected beard\
51[[{{Pun}} Ben-Anna split]]\
52Burma-Shave''
53* Virgin Mobile did a series of ads where they create a fake celebrity couple with people named Spencer and Sarah and call them Sparah.
54[[/folder]]
55
56[[folder:Asian Animation]]
57* ''Animation/FlowerAngel'': The ship between Xia An'an (夏安安) and Kukuru (库库鲁) is known as "库安", or "Kuan".
58* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Careful S. x Kalo, the most popular ship to emerge from the series, is abbreviated in Chinese as "伽小" ("Jiaxiao", a combination of "''Jia''luo" and "''Xiao''xin Chaoren", Kalo's and Careful S.'s Chinese names respectively). "小罗" ("Xiaoluo") is also used, but isn't as popular.
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Comedy]]
62* Stand-up comedian Russell Peters has bit where he [[https://youtu.be/NnD8s14YfRQ encourages people of different ethnic backgrounds to pair up and have kids]]. Thus, an Italian and a Jamaican have little [[StealthPun pastafarians]], a Dutch man and a Filipina have [[{{Pun}} jalapenos]], an Icelander and a Cuban have [[HurricaneOfPuns little ice cubes]], etc.
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Comic Strips]]
66* In-comic example from ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'': When [[AlphaBitch Tiffany's]] ploy to get hunky Quill's attention by feigning interest in Gunther backfires, her friend Crystal teasingly refers to Gunther and Tiffany as "Gunthany."
67* Richandamy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' originates from Rich and Amy being on panel together all the time - as in holding each other tight at all times "together" - so much so that they're practically one person. Hence, "Richandamy."
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:Music]]
71* Music/{{ABBA}}: Many fans who ship Frida and Agnetha together refer to them as Fridnetha.
72* Ohno Satoshi and Ninomiya Kazunari from the Japanese band Music/{{Arashi}} invented their own Portmanteau couple name of Ohmiya SK.
73* Music/AvengedSevenfold has Synacky (Synyster Gates/Zacky Vengeance).
74* Music/TheBeatles: The two most common pairings, John/Paul and Ringo/George, are often called [=McLennon=] and Starrison. The ships involving Paul are the easiest to make portmanteaus of since all one has to do is attach Mc to the other name ([=McStarr=], [=McHarrison=]).
75* Creator/DisneyChannel pop-stars from the 2000s have a few of these. The most popular being "Demena" (Music/DemiLovato [=/=] Music/SelenaGomez), "Siley" (Selena Gomez [=/=] Music/MileyCyrus), "Diley" (Demi Lovato/Miley Cyrus), "Nelena" (Music/NickJonas [=/=] Selena Gomez), "Niley" (Nick Jonas/Miley Cyrus), "Nemi" (Nick Jonas/Demi Lovato), and "Jemi" (Music/JoeJonas [=/=] Demi Lovato). There's also "Semiley" for Selena/Demi/Miley together.
76* Music/FifthHarmony fans often refer to Music/CamilaCabello and Lauren Jauregui as "Camren". There is also "Norminah" (Dinah Jane[=/=]Music/{{Normani}}), "Normally" (Normani/Ally Brooke), "Alren" (Lauren/Ally), and "Laurmani" (Lauren/Normani).
77* Music/{{Gorillaz}}:
78** There's a name for every combination of the four central band members: [=2Doc=] (2D/Murdoc), 2nu or 2Dle (2D/Noodle), Nudoc (Noodle/Murdoc), Russnu (Russel/Noodle), Russdoc (Russel/Murdoc), [=2Russ=] (2D/Russel)...
79** A handful of named ships involving characters who were members for only one phase also exist, including Russdel (Russel/[[Music/DelThaFunkeeHomosapien Del tha Ghost Rapper]]), Acedoc ([[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Ace]]/Murdoc), and [[{{Pun}} Poodle]] ([[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Noodle/Paula Cracker]]). In a variant involving last names, there's the once-{{Official|Couple}} [[{{Pun}} Crackerpot]] (Paula/2D).
80** On at least one occasion, the 2D/Murdoc pairing has been referred to as "Tuds" (Murdoc's name is often shortened to "Muds").
81** For the real-world side of the project, there exists "Jamion" for co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.
82* Although they're only occasionally used, probably for this reason, Music/GreenDay shipping portmanteaus always sound hilarious. Two possibilities are ''Bike'' and ''Trike'' (the third, sadly, is Trillie -- which kind of breaks up the set).
83* Happens in the Music/HelloProject fandom. Sumomo (Sudou Maasa/Tsugunaga Momoko), Renai (Tanaka Reina/Takahashi Ai), Gakikame (Niigaki Risa/Kamei Eri), Yajiume (Yajima Maimi/Umeda Erika)...
84* In [[http://community.livejournal.com/omonatheydidnt/ Korean Entertainment fandom]], this is standard protocol, especially in {{slash|Fic}} circles. And because there are only so many names in Korea, to the point where people can confuse couples with actual people, it extends to nicknames. For example, in the [[http://community.livejournal.com/sjloveaday/ Super]] [[http://community.livejournal.com/miracle______/ Junior]] fandom, the pairing of Heechul/Donghae is known almost universally as Cinhae, as one of Heechul's nicknames is Cinderella. In the [=SHINee=] fandom, the [[http://community.livejournal.com/jongyu/ Jonghyun/Onyu]] pairing (usually known as Jongyu or Onhyun) has its own nickname of ''Blingdubu'', stemming from each of the member's nicknames: Jonghyun is Bling Bling; Onyu is known as Dubu or Sundubu (Korean for tofu). And over in the 2PM fandom, the [[http://community.livejournal.com/cocoich/ Taekhun pairing (Taecyeon/Nichkhun)]] is also known as ''Cocoich'' among fans, due to [[http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr9/otachie/gif/2d12384c.gif Taec's affectionate nickname of 100% Cocoa]].
85** In the [[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK/TVQX]] fandom, sometimes the portmanteau itself has more than one variation; i.e. Jaejoong/Yunho is know both as Jaeho and Yunjae to its shippers, who usually prefer one usage over the other.
86*** Music/GirlsGeneration has "[=TaeNy=]" (Music/{{Taeyeon}}/Music/TiffanyYoung), "[=YulSic=]" (Yuri/Jessica), "[=SooNa=]" (Sooyoung/Creator/{{Yoona}}), "[=HyoSun=]" (Sunny/Music/{{Hyoyeon}}) and "[=YoonHyun=]" (Yoona/Seohyun).
87*** The Music/{{BTS}} fandom also has quite a few of these, with some of the most popular being "[=YoonMin=]" (Suga/Jimin) and "[=VKook=]" (Jungkook/V).
88* Music/MyChemicalRomance has Frerard (Frank Iero/Gerard Way).
89* For those in the Music/NickCave[=/=]Blixa Bargeld "Nixa ::heart::" is the common way to express your shipping position. Coilhouse refers to Nixa as the new Kirk
90* Used for members of Music/{{NSYNC}}, when {{slash|Fic}}ed with each other: [[Music/JustinTimberlake Timberlake]]/Fatone = Timbertone. There's also [=JoeC=], Choey, etc...
91* Music/OneDirection members Music/LouisTomlinson and Music/HarryStyles form the incredibly popular (and slightly infamous) Larry Stylinson.
92* Various pairings of Music/PanicAtTheDisco: Ryden, Joncer, Brencer, Rycer, etc.
93* Music/TearsForFears fans who ship Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith together have dubbed their pairing as "Rolcurt."
94* Music/{{Vocaloid}}'s got Mikaito[[note]]Miku[=/=]Kaito[[/note]], Kaimei[[note]]Kaito[=/=]Meiko[[/note]], Lukapo[[note]]Luka[=/=]Gakupo[[/note]], Gakumei[[note]]Gakupo[=/=]Meiko[[/note]], Kaiteru[[note]]Kaito[=/=]Kiyoteru[[/note]], Kiyuki[[note]]Kiyoteru[=/=]Yuki[[/note]], and Gakaito[[note]]Gakupo[=/=] Kaito[[/note]], Lenka[[note]]Len[=/=]Luka; it's [[BilingualBonus bilingual]] [[FridgeBrilliance for those who know Japanese]][[/note]], among others. The pairing of Rin and Len is also universally referred to as "[[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Kagaminecest]]".
95* Russian pop-punk band Kis-Kis has Solina (Sonya Somuseva/Alina Olesheva).
96[[/folder]]
97
98[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
99* Possibly the oldest example of this trope, dating back to OlderThanFeudalism: Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, from Myth/ClassicalMythology. A female naiad, Salmacis, fell in love with him and prayed to be merged with him forever. The gods granted her wish, and his name therefore became a byword for beings that are both male and female.
100** Achilles and Patroclus are known as Patrochilles.
101[[/folder]]
102
103[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
104* In his CharacterBlog Twitter feed, Rizzo the Rat from ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' [[https://twitter.com/Rizzo/status/779768617680396288 considers possible couple names]] for himself and Yolanda (Rizzonda, [=YoRizzo=], Rilozzando), despite the fact they're not actually a couple.
105[[/folder]]
106
107[[folder:Sports]]
108* Canadian figure skaters Roman Sadovsky and Nam Nguyen, whose bromance was even discussed on [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x1c8y Canadian television,]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BUDntC0j7ir/ have coined]] "[[https://www.instagram.com/p/BUDmweFhL0R/ [=RoNam=]]]" as their couple/ship name.
109* Speaking of bromances, the pairing of tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is known as "Fedal", which is also used in a non-shipping context by tennis pundits to refer to their matches and FriendlyRivalry. Add Novak Djokovic -- or "Nole", as many fans call him -- into the mix, and you also get "Fedole", "Rafole", and "Fedalovic". In addition, when Andy Murray was at the top of the game alongside these three, "Novandy" (or "Murrovic"), "Rafandy", and "Murderer" were popular too.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Theater]]
113* ''Theatre/{{Les Miserables}}:'' Fans of [[FoeYayShipping the pairing Valjean/Javert]] refer to it as Valvert. Likewise, those who ship Enjolras and Grantaire call it Enjoltaire.
114* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'':
115** Fans of the Glinda/Elphaba pairing use "Gelphie". Fiyero/Elphaba is "Fiyeraba" or "Elphieyero" or "Faeyero". There's also "Bessa" for Boq/Nessarose and "Gloq" for Glinda/Boq. These names also apply [[Literature/{{Wicked}} to the books]].
116** Although much less popular, there's also Fiyeressa for Fiyero/Nessarosa, Foq for Fiyero/Boq, and Flinda for Fiyero/Glinda. ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' fans can and will ship pretty much any pairing.
117[[/folder]]
118
119[[folder:Toys]]
120* Some ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' fans call Barbie and Ken "Karbie."
121* The ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' fandom uses these. Daring/Apple is "Dapple", Daring/Lizzie is "Dizzie", Dexter/Raven is "Dexven" (or "Rexter"), Raven/Apple is "Rapple", Dexter/Cupid is "Dexpid", Hunter/Ashlynn is "Huntlynn", etc. At least "Rapple" has been used by official social media, albeit platonically. This trope created an issue when Apple and ''Darling'' received a popularity boost. It's sometimes called "Dapple" but is more commonly dubbed "Appling" or "Dappling".
122[[/folder]]
123
124[[folder:Visual Novels]]
125* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
126** Feenris -- Phoenix (or "Feenie" as Dahlia/[[spoiler:Iris]] likes to call him) and [[YamatoNadeshiko Iris]].
127** Phoenix/Maya is usually referred to by its Japanese name, Narumayo (Naruhodou/Mayoi), but is also known as Phaya. Another het portmanteau is Miego (Mia/Diego).
128** The fandom's favorite [[HoYay slash pairing]] of Phoenix/Edgeworth is usually turned into Japanese to help the portmanteau -- Narumitsu. If English is used, it will be Edgewright, which is used even when Phoenix tops. [=WrightWorth=] is also used. The same thing happens with the Klavier/Apollo rival pairing, Kyodoroki (or Klapollo/Klapolly).
129** The first three games also have the Godot ship names of [[FoeYayShipping Godonaru]] (Godot/Phoenix), [[CrackPairing Godomitsu]] (Godot/Edgeworth), and [[ScrewYourself Diegodot]] (Diego is Godot's real first name in English).
130** [[CrackPairing Spark/Lotta]]! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Is!]] [[Film/ThreeHundred SPARTA!]]
131** Franziska/Adrian is shortened as Fradrian.
132** Edgeziska or Fredgeworth for Edgeworth/Franziska.
133** Phranziska or Phizka for the Fran/Nick ship.
134** Since ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', Apollo [[LauncherOfAThousandShips gained a few]]: Junipollo ([[ShrinkingViolet Juniper Woods]]/Apollo), Justicykes ([[FieryRedhead Athena]] [[TrueCompanions Cykes]]/Apollo), and [[HoYay Claypollo]] ([[ChildhoodFriends Clay Terran]]/Apollo).
135** Blackbright for [[AngelDevilShipping Blackquill/Fullbright]]. This is also sometimes used specifically to refer to [[spoiler: Blackquill and the real Fullbright, whereas Phantomquill is used for Blackquill/The Phantom.]]
136** Phoenix/Mia is known as Minix.
137* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has [=KoTomoya=] for Kotomi/Tomoya.
138* ''Hadaka Shitsuji'': [=TomoAki=] for Tomoaki Maeda/[[GenderBlenderName Aki]] Toudou.
139* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'': [-(Because of the [[GottaShipEmAll sheer number of ships]], only a few per game will be mentioned.)-]
140** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
141*** Naegiri for Makoto Naegi/Kyoko Kirigiri.
142*** Leosaya for Leon Kuwata/Sayaka Maizono.
143*** Ishimondo for Kiyotaka Ishimaru/Mondo Owada.
144** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'':
145*** Komahinanami is used for the OneTrueThreesome of Nagito Komaeda, Hajime Hinata and Chiaki Nanami and is a combination of the names used for shipping them individually (Komahina, Hinanami and Komanami).
146*** Kuzupeko for Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu/Peko Pekoyama.
147*** Sondam for Sonia Nevermind/Gundham Tanaka.
148** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'':
149*** Saimatsu for Shuichi Saihara/Kaede Akamatsu.
150*** Saiouma or Oumasai for Shuichi Saihara/Kokichi Oma.
151*** Kiiruma for Keebo/Miu Iruma.
152*** Harukaito or Kaimaki for Kaito Momota/Maki Harukawa.
153*** Tenmiko for Tenko Chabashira/Himiko Yumeno.
154* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' has [=Kyouriki=] for Kyousuke/Riki and [=Komarin=] for Komari/Rin.
155* ''VisualNovel/StarryFlowers'': [[Creator/NomnomNami The creator herself]] uses "Peristille" for any content featuring Pastille and Periwinkle.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Web Animation]]
159* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'':
160** Takamori (Mori Calliope/Takanashi Kiara)
161** Kronmei (Ouro Kronii/Nanashi Mumei)
162** [=BaeRyS=] (Hakos Baelz/[=IRyS=])
163** [=OkaKoro=] (Nekomata Okayu and Inugami Korone)
164* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and Marzipan have two (both used in canon): Homezipan and Marzistar.
165* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'':
166** Shaykenzie (Shay/Mackenzie) (Fun Fact: Even the creators themselves had picked up on this very particular ship name at some point!)
167** Brittkenzie (Brittnay/Mackenzie)
168** Brachel (Brittnay/Rachel)
169** Tristanner (Tristan/Tanner)
170** Thanner (Than/Tanner)
171** Trishas/Trisha Squared/Trisha^2, or just Trisha (Trisha C./Trisha 2)
172** This was mocked by a drunken Shay in Episode 65, calling her teamup with Brittnay [[UnfortunateNames "Shittnay"]].
173* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Some popular ones are Yorkalina (York/Carolina), Grimmons (Grif/Simmons), Chex (Church/Tex), and Tuckington (Tucker/Washington).
174* Most ships in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' use IdiosyncraticShipNaming, but there are a few exceptions:
175** The biggest exception is Arkos (Jaune '''Ar'''c and Pyrrha Ni'''kos'''). It became AscendedFanon in Season 3 when Jaune uses it as the name of their CombinationAttack.
176** Renora (Lie '''Ren''' and '''Nora''' Valkyrie) is another fairly popular ship name.
177** Shipping Adam Taurus and Blake Belladonna used be referred to with Tauradonna. Used to because, after the revelation of just how nasty Adam was to Blake, the ship was renamed "Animal Abuse".
178** The CrackPairing between '''T'''aiyang Xiao Long and C'''inder''' Fall is sometimes called Tinder, after a gag in ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''.
179* ''WebAnimation/{{Murder Drones}}'': There are quite a few that exist, such as Nuzi (N and Uzi), Vizzy (V and Lizzy), Dizzy (Doll and Lizzy), Thuzi (Thad and Uzi), etc. There's also Envy (N and V), which is more of a portmanteau of pronunciations since both N and V simply have letters for names.
180* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': While most ships in the series are IdiosyncraticShipNaming, there are also some portmanteaus.
181** Jax and Ragatha are called Jagatha or Ragathax.
182** Pomni and Ragatha are [=RagaPom=].
183[[/folder]]
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