List of portmanteaus


This is a selection of portmanteau words.

Animals

Hybrids

Cats

  • leopon, from leopard and lion
  • liger, from lion and tiger cf. tiglon/tigon below
  • tigon, from tiger and lion cf. liger above

Mixed breeds

Dogs

Fictional

Art, design, literature and entertainment

Fashion and apparel

Cuisine

Hybrids

General

  • reflexpletive, from reflex and expletive; the curse word you yell reflexively when you stub your toe on the furniture
  • advergame, from advertising and game
  • baffound, from baffle and confound
  • balloonacy, from balloon and lunacy
  • blizzaster, from blizzard and disaster
  • boldacious, from bold and audacious
  • brainiac, from brain and maniac
  • bromance, from bro and romance
  • cablegram, from cable and telegram
  • carbage, from car and garbage
  • Chinarello, from China and Pinarello
  • chuggers, from charity and muggers
  • complisult, from compliment and insult
  • cosplay, from costume and play
  • disastrophe, from disaster and catastrophe
  • drunkorexia, from drunk and anorexia
  • dumbfound, from dumb and confound
  • electrocute, from electric and execute
  • Farmageddon, from farm and Armageddon, title of book
  • flimmer, from flicker and glimmer
  • flounder, from flounce and founder or founder and blunder
  • fluff, from flue and puff
  • foolosophy, from fool and philosophy
  • glamping, from glamour and camping
  • glasphalt, from glass and asphalt
  • globesity, from global and obesity
  • Japanglish, Japanese and English mixed up to humorous effect
  • mangina, from man and vagina
  • medevac, medical evacuation
  • motel, from motor and hotel
  • Movember, from moustache and November
  • needcessity, from need and necessity
  • phubbing, from phone and snubbing
  • prissy, from prim and fussy
  • scribacious, from scribe and loquacious
  • ringxiety, from ring and anxiety
  • sexcellent, from sex and excellent
  • sexting, from sex and texting
  • shamateur, from sham and amateur
  • shiksappeal, from shiksa and appeal
  • simulcasting, from simultaneous broadcasting
  • slimsy, from slim and flimsy
  • slithy, from slimy and lithe
  • smog, from smoke and fog
  • smothercate, from smother and suffocate
  • Snowmageddon, from snow and Armageddon
  • solemncholy, from solemn and melancholy
  • splatter, from splash and spatter
  • squarson, from squire and parson
  • squirl, from squiggle and twirl or whirl
  • stash, from store or stow and cache
  • staycation, from stay and vacation
  • telethon, from television and marathon
  • transbian, from transgender and lesbian
  • twirl, from twist and whirl
  • twunk, from twink and hunk
  • womance, from woman and romance

Internet and computing

Organizations and companies

Places

Politics

Economics

Movements

Sciences

Sports and fitness