Porteau


pr-nounce: “paw-toe”

verb. – the action of forming a portmanteau.

(note: porteau is an example of a internal portmanteau, where a word is shortened or apocopated by joining its two ends at a common letter – here ‘t’.)
on many sitcoms, an easy way to make a joke is to have a character porteau new words.

examples: friends – “fricken” (fried chicken) – chandler
…………… himym – “visitivity” (vision creativity) – barney

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