Total Pageviews

Thursday, July 22, 2021

portmanteau .......What's this?

 portmanteau 


This is a word combining two words and blending the sound. example we say the meal between breakfast and lunch as brunch

smog - from smoke and fog

sport- from spoon and fork

ipod + broadcast------> podcast

hungry + angry-----> hangry

friend + enemy--------> frenemy

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Portmanteau - French word
Porte - carry + Manteau - mantle