- Definition: To hate someone when you instantly meet them
- Portmanteau: spontaneous + animosity
- Malapropism: spontaneous and animosity
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Remember, a malamanteau is the combination of a malapropism (similar sounding word) and a portmanteau (a combination of two words)
Malamanteau: Portmanpropism
- Definition: Combination of a portmanteau and a malapropism
- Portmanteau: portmanteau + malapropism
- Malapropism: portmantea and malapropism
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Note: Again if these portmanteau neologisms are just used correctly, they are not being used as malapropisms and therefore wouldn't be malamanteaus.
- Portmanteau: portmanteau + malapropism
- Malapropism: portmantea and malapropism
Source: Metafilter - How to define this language mistake
Note: Again if these portmanteau neologisms are just used correctly, they are not being used as malapropisms and therefore wouldn't be malamanteaus.
Malamanteau: Ambiviolent
- Definition: To be both violent and unsure
- Portmanteau: ambivalent + violent
- Malapropism: ambivalent and violent
Malamanteau - XKCD Wiki
(Note: ambiviolent would only qualify as a malamanteau if it was used as a malapropism in place of ambivalent or violent, not if it was used intentionally to mean "I can't decide who to kill first")
- Portmanteau: ambivalent + violent
- Malapropism: ambivalent and violent
Malamanteau - XKCD Wiki
(Note: ambiviolent would only qualify as a malamanteau if it was used as a malapropism in place of ambivalent or violent, not if it was used intentionally to mean "I can't decide who to kill first")
Malamanteau: Misunderestimate
- Definition: To both misunderstand and underestimate something
- Portmanteau: misunderstand + underestimate
- Malapropism: misunderstand and underestimate
Malamanteau - XKCD Wiki
- Portmanteau: misunderstand + underestimate
- Malapropism: misunderstand and underestimate
Malamanteau - XKCD Wiki
Malamanteau: Mal-manteau
- Definition: The outfit that the character Mal wears on the show Firefly
- Portmanteau: Mal + manteau
- Malapropism: malamanteau
Source: XKCD Forums, user iamed2
- Portmanteau: Mal + manteau
- Malapropism: malamanteau
Source: XKCD Forums, user iamed2
Malamanteau: Snowclone
Snowclone
- Definition: Clone of someone made out of snow
- Portmanteau: snow + clone
- Malapropism: snowcone
Source: XKCD Forums, user blumdude
- Definition: Clone of someone made out of snow
- Portmanteau: snow + clone
- Malapropism: snowcone
Source: XKCD Forums, user blumdude
Malamanteau: Portmantraction
- Definition: Combination of two words (portmanteau)
- Portmanteau: portmanteau? + contraction
- Malapropism: portmanteau
Sources: Homestar Runner Wiki, XKCD Forums, user csours
Note: Technically a portmantraction might just be a grammatical error, not actually a portmanteau, since it uses portmanteau as the first part of it's portmanteau.
But it's still noteworthy in that it was used incorrectly in the place of portmanteau, and it clearly combines portmanteau and contraction.
- Portmanteau: portmanteau? + contraction
- Malapropism: portmanteau
Sources: Homestar Runner Wiki, XKCD Forums, user csours
Note: Technically a portmantraction might just be a grammatical error, not actually a portmanteau, since it uses portmanteau as the first part of it's portmanteau.
But it's still noteworthy in that it was used incorrectly in the place of portmanteau, and it clearly combines portmanteau and contraction.
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