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TIL. What other commonly understood words are portmanteaus?

• OJFord 7y ago
  Taxicab (taximeter/cabriolet), brunch (breakfast/lunch), spork (spoon/fork), Eurasia (Europe/Asia), Brexit (Britain/exit).
• georgebaily 7y ago
  Portmanteau
• kbutler 7y ago
  You'll see them all over now. chortle (chuckle/snort) podcast (ipod/broadcast) newscast (news/broadcast) sportscaster (sports/broadcaster) motel (motor/hotel) email (electronic/mail) blog (web/log) bit (binary/digit) chunnel (channel/tunnel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus
• hnick 7y ago
  Smog is a big one most people don't think about (smoke/fog).