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It's intended to be a portmanteau of Group + Coupon, pronounced \ˈgrüˌpän I've had an affinity for portmanteaus ever since I was 10, when I saw "portmanteau" i
by portman 15y ago
It's intended to be a portmanteau of Group + Coupon, pronounced \ˈgrüˌpän
I've had an affinity for portmanteaus ever since I was 10, when I saw "portmanteau" in Through the Looking Glass and thought Lewis Carrol was talking about me. So I tend to be irrationally defensive of them.
- mariuskempe 15y agoThat's one of the funniest things I've ever read on HN
- ChuckN 15y agoIs 'portmanteau' a portmanteau?
- btilly 15y agoIs that why your user name is an abbreviation of portmanteau?
- portman 15y agoNo, my first name is actually "Portman".
- btilly 15y agoThat makes for a nice coincidence then!
- alanfalcon 15y agoOr is simply the underlying reason why he thought Carrol was talking about him.