# What are your favorite portmanteau words? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123 "2010-07-09T17:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/1 "2010-07-09T17:54:40Z")
[Portmanteau](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau) words seem to be in vogue right now. What are your favorities? One of mine is “bromance,” describing two guys who are only emotionally involved, without having sex. House and Wilson are having a bromance. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/2 "2010-07-09T18:47:53Z")
Mallmanac. The almanac of a shopping mall that shows you where everything is. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/3 "2010-07-09T19:18:12Z")
Prostitot: Young teen girls dressing way too provocatively. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/4 "2010-07-09T19:27:08Z")
I still like **spork** ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/5 "2010-07-09T19:28:29Z")
Hermaphrolite - A hermaphrodite that only has the sexual organ of one gender. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/6 "2010-07-09T19:33:33Z")
Retrosexual - a man that’s gone old school in his behavior and dress. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/7 "2010-07-09T19:36:02Z")
Irrelephant - for when everyone already knows about the elephant in the room. Luvike - for that weird state when you really like somebody but you don’t love them. And of course spork, but that has entered the vernacular. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/8 "2010-07-09T19:36:56Z")
This was from Sniglets: Destinesia–going someplace and then forgetting why you went there. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/9 "2010-07-09T20:22:18Z")
I’ve always been a fan of term manscaping - when men put a lot of effort into the care and feeding of their body hair. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/10 "2010-07-09T23:48:40Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Irrelephant - for when everyone already knows about the elephant in the room. An “elephant in the room” is already something everyone knows about. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/11 "2010-07-10T13:25:53Z")
I am a proud freegan. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/12 "2010-07-10T13:30:08Z")
Optics. “I am opposed to Obama’s policies, but the optics of a Black president are great.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/13 "2010-07-10T13:46:35Z")
Just to piss on the fire hydrant (mark my place) I’ll mention a few place names I can think of: Calexico Mexicali Florala Texarkana Delmarva Tenntucky Indochina Brapan Jazil (I suspect these last two are imaginary) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/14 "2010-07-10T14:49:41Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just to piss on the fire hydrant (mark my place) I’ll mention a few place names I can think of: > > Calexico > Mexicali Just wanted to say that I just now read the Wiki article and saw these listed there. I actually thought of them as good examples before seeing the Wiki. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/15 "2010-07-10T15:38:53Z")
Canberries–the jellied cranberry sauce that comes out with ridges like the can ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/16 "2010-07-10T16:33:09Z")
Outside of L.A. the town Fontana is typically called “Fontucky” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/17 "2010-07-10T18:28:15Z")
According to my Dick, _bodacious_ is from _bold_ and _audacious_ and even if it isn’t it’s a bodacious word. fantabulous ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/18 "2010-07-10T18:39:36Z")
Ah, there’s one in an RP/combat game I play. One of the roles in the game is “panther girls,” mostly naked women who run around in groups in the forests, shooting and fighting with everyone. The general belief is that many of the players are actually male, so they are called: manthers ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/19 "2010-07-11T07:51:44Z")
I came up with one tonight by accident: monopolate It’s when you both dominate and monopolize something or someone. You’ve been monopolated! Heh, well I like it! ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123/20 "2010-07-11T08:35:30Z")
manstrating. as in, “Jason is in a mood today. He’s totally manstrating.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123.md?page=2)