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What does "cartelicious" mean? All that Google turns up is a lot of stuff on MySpace and Xanga...

kirubakaran 15y ago
Cartel-like. Made up word.
oxtopus 15y ago
Google, Apple, Adobe, Pixar, and others settled with the DOJ on charges of collusion related to alleged mutually agreed hiring practices.
patio11 15y ago
It is a made-up word (a portmanteau, if you want to get technical) meant to suggest that the activities of the tech companies were similar to those of a cartel. I frequently use non-standard English constructions for comedic effect when writing or speaking informally.
- veyron 15y ago
  it's not a portmanteau, because a portmanteau is a combination of two real words whose meaning draws from both constituents (and it's not clear what real word that ends in 'icious' that is relevant to this context) According to OED (oxford english dictionary): "A word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings. Also more generally: a term or phrase which encompasses two or more meanings."
  - patio11 15y ago
    Portmanteaus can be composed of morphemes as well as words. -icious is a morpheme. If you try to parse it as a combination of two words, which a lot of people do, the ambiguity as to which -icious I could mean (delicious or vicious might spring to mind) helps to heighten the comedic effect. </language geekery>
    - veyron 15y ago
      Can you give a citation for that definition? (had to dig out a dictionary :/) According to OED (oxford english dictionary) a portmanteau is: "A word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings. Also more generally: a term or phrase which encompasses two or more meanings." The key conditions here (each of which must be satisfied) are: - constituents must be words - blending sounds from the words - combining meanings of the words
      - pmjordan 15y ago
        You answered your own question. From your quote: "blending sounds from two or more distinct words" (note emphasis) The word "brunch" is widely regarded to be a portmanteau, and does not consist of whole words.
        veyron 15y ago
        "brunch" is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch, and refers to a meal that occurs in the late morning in lieu of separate breakfast and lunch meals. This satisfies the 3 conditions: - constituents must be words "brunch" is a combination of "breakfast" and "lunch" - blending sounds from the words the beginning sounds like "breakfast" and the end sounds like "lunch" - combining meanings of the words described above.
        chairface 15y ago
        The words in question for "cartelicious" are "cartel" and "delicious". I believe you can do the rest.
        ericd 15y ago
        And cartelicious: -Constituents must be words "cartelicious" is a combination of "cartel" and "delicious" -Blending sounds from the words the beginning sounds like "cartel" and the end sounds like "delicious" -Combining meanings of the words It's delicious cartel action, for repugnant values of delicious. I don't think this one is a strict requirement, in any case. This is getting a bit too pedantic.
  - mechanical_fish 15y ago
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=licious http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=licious If we believe the miscellaneous crowdsourcers of Urban Dictionary it comes to us by way of Beyoncé's coinage "bootylicious", which makes it pretty obvious that it derives from "delicious". I'm amused by this part: Parents and middle-aged talk show hosts often use this to parody the ghetto culture, much as they latched onto the suffix "izzle". I do believe the Urban Dictionary has just called me a clueless white talk-show host! Oh well, if the shoe fits... ;)
  - apotheon 15y ago
    That could be a portmanteau. Consider that "cartel" has "el" near the end, and "delicious" has it near the beginning. Voila, portmanteau: cartelicious.
- drats 15y ago
  I don't know why you were being downvoted or why it's hard for people to see 'cartel' and 'delicious' in that. Some of these po-faced downvoters are in dire need a humour transplant. It's one thing to not find one of a few examples funny, it's another thing to downvote someone when they are trying to explain when someone has honestly asked for a clarification.

Cartel-like. Made up word.

Google, Apple, Adobe, Pixar, and others settled with the DOJ on charges of collusion related to alleged mutually agreed hiring practices.

patio11 15y ago

It is a made-up word (a portmanteau, if you want to get technical) meant to suggest that the activities of the tech companies were similar to those of a cartel. I frequently use non-standard English constructions for comedic effect when writing or speaking informally.

veyron 15y ago
it's not a portmanteau, because a portmanteau is a combination of two real words whose meaning draws from both constituents (and it's not clear what real word that ends in 'icious' that is relevant to this context) According to OED (oxford english dictionary): "A word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings. Also more generally: a term or phrase which encompasses two or more meanings."
- patio11 15y ago
  Portmanteaus can be composed of morphemes as well as words. -icious is a morpheme. If you try to parse it as a combination of two words, which a lot of people do, the ambiguity as to which -icious I could mean (delicious or vicious might spring to mind) helps to heighten the comedic effect. </language geekery>
  - veyron 15y ago
    Can you give a citation for that definition? (had to dig out a dictionary :/) According to OED (oxford english dictionary) a portmanteau is: "A word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings. Also more generally: a term or phrase which encompasses two or more meanings." The key conditions here (each of which must be satisfied) are: - constituents must be words - blending sounds from the words - combining meanings of the words
    - pmjordan 15y ago
      You answered your own question. From your quote: "blending sounds from two or more distinct words" (note emphasis) The word "brunch" is widely regarded to be a portmanteau, and does not consist of whole words.
      - veyron 15y ago
        "brunch" is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch, and refers to a meal that occurs in the late morning in lieu of separate breakfast and lunch meals. This satisfies the 3 conditions: - constituents must be words "brunch" is a combination of "breakfast" and "lunch" - blending sounds from the words the beginning sounds like "breakfast" and the end sounds like "lunch" - combining meanings of the words described above.
        chairface 15y ago
        The words in question for "cartelicious" are "cartel" and "delicious". I believe you can do the rest.
        ericd 15y ago
        And cartelicious: -Constituents must be words "cartelicious" is a combination of "cartel" and "delicious" -Blending sounds from the words the beginning sounds like "cartel" and the end sounds like "delicious" -Combining meanings of the words It's delicious cartel action, for repugnant values of delicious. I don't think this one is a strict requirement, in any case. This is getting a bit too pedantic.
- mechanical_fish 15y ago
  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=licious http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=licious If we believe the miscellaneous crowdsourcers of Urban Dictionary it comes to us by way of Beyoncé's coinage "bootylicious", which makes it pretty obvious that it derives from "delicious". I'm amused by this part: Parents and middle-aged talk show hosts often use this to parody the ghetto culture, much as they latched onto the suffix "izzle". I do believe the Urban Dictionary has just called me a clueless white talk-show host! Oh well, if the shoe fits... ;)
- apotheon 15y ago
  That could be a portmanteau. Consider that "cartel" has "el" near the end, and "delicious" has it near the beginning. Voila, portmanteau: cartelicious.
drats 15y ago
I don't know why you were being downvoted or why it's hard for people to see 'cartel' and 'delicious' in that. Some of these po-faced downvoters are in dire need a humour transplant. It's one thing to not find one of a few examples funny, it's another thing to downvote someone when they are trying to explain when someone has honestly asked for a clarification.