Malamanteau: merticular

- Definition: Used to describe a person who functions at a higher level of pickyness than a particular person.
- Portmanteau: meticulous + particular
- Malapropism: meticulous?
Source: The horror and pleasure of misused words: from mispronunciation to malapropisms

From the source:

I recently heard a sparkling new malamanteau, “merticular”, used to describe a fussy person. It appears to combine “particular” and “meticulous”. When I questioned this and suggested that “meticulous” would do, the speaker said: “No. A merticular person functions at a higher level of "pickyness” than a “particular” person". I recently heard a sparkling new malamanteau, “merticular”, used to describe a fussy person. It appears to combine “particular” and “meticulous”. When I questioned this and suggested that “meticulous” would do, the speaker said: “No. A merticular person functions at a higher level of "pickyness” than a “particular” person".

Roses are Red, Malamanteaus are ?

Floating Sheep came up with the fun idea to create a poem out of some of their favorite Wikipedia items, and Malamanteau mad the list!

Malamanteau and the Floatingsheep tribute to Wikipedia

Here's our list. Bonus points to anyone that can combine them all into a poem.
Malamanteau
Zorbing
Global Orgasm
Infinite Monkey Theorem
Accessory breast

Factoids and Realities

Blogger AUTONERD had some funny comments about the Malamanteau on their blog post: Shadows of Inner Self - Malamanteau: Factoids and Realities

Neologistic Factoids:

- Every time you say, Malamanteau, God kills a Wikipedia editor.

- If you say a malamanteau three times in a row, Bloody Malamary will appear and link you to the Wikipedia page on portmanteaus.

- Bloody Malamary wears a Mala Manteau jacket, and enjoys sandwiches made with a specific mix of marmalade and marmite, known as Pacifimite.

- During 2010, investigators managed to make significant breakthroughs in their attempts to track down and apprehend Bloody Malamary, due to reference information about malamanteaus that was published on Wikipedia.

Too funny!
Keep an eye out for those wild malamanteau(s/x) and let us know if you see any!

Malamanteau: refudiate

- Definition: suggesting a general sense of reject
- Portmanteau: refute + repudiate
- Malapropism: repudiate?
Source: OUP USA 2010 Word of the Year: Refudiate

The word gained national attention when Sarah Palin used it from her Twitter account, saying "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate"

Because of it's popularity it was named Oxford American Dictionary's 2010 Word of the Year.

Malamanteau: squawk-dagon

- Definition: A squawk-octagon?
- Portmanteau: squawk + octagon
- Malapropism: sqoctagon
Source: xkcd.com / forums

xkcd user Natty writes:
The malamanteau "Squawk-dagon" is a neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining the onomatopoeia "squawk" (that was a malapropism for "square") and the neologism for an MMA ring "octagon".

Malamanteau: Merlot Propism

Over at the Whitebored blog, someone came up with clever funny artwork regarding the malamanteau

Malamanteau: squirmish

- Definition: A skirmish that is uncomfortable and makes you want to squirm
- Portmanteau: squirm + skirmish
- Malapropism: skirmish, squirm
Source: Elkridge Patch / Dictionary Battles: The Fight to Find Meaning in Doublespeak