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"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 sati

by 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.
- tptacek 15y ago
  This is a thread with all the charm of a Wikipedia Talk: page argument. Maybe we can just let it die.
  - veyron 15y ago
    Last remark on the issue: Let's all agree that, before saying something like "a portmanteau, if you want to get technical", you are 100% sure that it is correct. Maybe that should be in the HN guidelines ... I only brought up this issue because technically it's not a portmanteau (at least according to how OED and a bunch of other dictionaries define the word), and probably wouldn't have made a remark if the phrase "if you want to get technical" wasn't used ... I lay down my guns ... now
    - tptacek 15y ago
      How about instead we agree that you are interesting and appreciated HN commenter (I particularly enjoy your contributions to financial tech threads), and Patrick is an interesting and appreciated HN commenter, and neither of you are likely to make comments that warrant whole threads simply to correct.
  - ericd 15y ago
    Haha yeah, I wasn't planning on adding any more to it. I just thought it was ridiculous that it had gotten as far as it had, so I was hoping to kill it with that.

by veyron 15y ago

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.

tptacek 15y ago
This is a thread with all the charm of a Wikipedia Talk: page argument. Maybe we can just let it die.
- veyron 15y ago
  Last remark on the issue: Let's all agree that, before saying something like "a portmanteau, if you want to get technical", you are 100% sure that it is correct. Maybe that should be in the HN guidelines ... I only brought up this issue because technically it's not a portmanteau (at least according to how OED and a bunch of other dictionaries define the word), and probably wouldn't have made a remark if the phrase "if you want to get technical" wasn't used ... I lay down my guns ... now
  - tptacek 15y ago
    How about instead we agree that you are interesting and appreciated HN commenter (I particularly enjoy your contributions to financial tech threads), and Patrick is an interesting and appreciated HN commenter, and neither of you are likely to make comments that warrant whole threads simply to correct.
- ericd 15y ago
  Haha yeah, I wasn't planning on adding any more to it. I just thought it was ridiculous that it had gotten as far as it had, so I was hoping to kill it with that.