Comments on: What Is A Portmanteau? https://dahaines.com/what-is-a-portmanteau/ Alter ego of author, Derek Haines Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott P https://dahaines.com/what-is-a-portmanteau/#comment-114495 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:46:05 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=5779#comment-114495 I try to create my own when advertising my books, not only to get attention but also to meet 100-character limits in Amazon ads. The problem is that Amazon thinks it’s a misspelled word and rejects the ad until I change it. I tried “edu-tech” for educational and technological, and they rejected it. :(
-SCOTT

]]> By: Summer School Jobs https://dahaines.com/what-is-a-portmanteau/#comment-32911 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:14:48 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=5779#comment-32911 Never heard the term Portmanteau before, but realised I make up my own all the time for fun!

Jon.

]]> By: Phil soady https://dahaines.com/what-is-a-portmanteau/#comment-8313 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:54:03 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=5779#comment-8313 Funny, I thought originally you were referring to a bag or wallet.
Never heard of the term used to describe 2 merged concepts.
At least the original term hasn’t been totally destroyed.

]]> By: derek_mulhern https://dahaines.com/what-is-a-portmanteau/#comment-7940 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:10:14 +0000 http://www.derekhaines.ch/vandal/?p=5779#comment-7940 Nontroversy. Self explanatory, especially in this day and age…

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