Portmanteau Play

Posted on May 14, 2023 by JMN

I love classic portmanteau words such as “spurious” — a blend of “specious” and “curious.” It’s fun to invent new ones and fantasize that one day they, too, may “go viral” as the expression puts it.

A triumph of mine in generative, artificial portmanteau-ing hybridizes “prattle” and “twaddle” into “praddle” and “twattle.”

Try your hand at this game. It’s not as hard as it looks.

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I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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6 Responses to Portmanteau Play

  1. christinenovalarue's avatar christinenovalarue says:
    May 15, 2023 at 5:45 am

    💜

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  2. Sue Grey-Smith's avatar Sue Grey-Smith says:
    May 15, 2023 at 7:57 am

    Praddle and twattle are great! I will now try to think of some more. Good fun, thanks Jim!

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  3. peter robinson's avatar peter robinson says:
    May 21, 2023 at 4:40 pm

    Hahaha! I do it all the time, Jim!

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