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smaze fog, smoke, smog, haze ETAF Staff Newly Coined

Smog=smoke+fog. Smaze=smog+haze=smoke+fog+haze.

Smaze is a triple portmanteau word!
glamazon glamor, amazon ETAF Staff Newly Coined

A beautiful, tall, voluptuous woman who places a high value on beauty, glamour, and fashion. Or a heavy-set woman of similar disposition who takes pride in demonstrating that big is sexy.

A glamazon worships glamor and can be belligerent toward others who do not share her sensibility.

Coined by the singing group, the Glamazons
insecuriority complex insecure, inferiority complex ETAF Staff Newly Coined

An inferiority complex is a term from the field of psychiatry that describes an intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness. It is characterized by lack of self-esteem; feeling of inadequacy; lack of self-confidence

An insecuriority complex is a state of emotional upset that's a combination of feeling insecure and feeling inferior at the same time. You feel insecure because you feel inferior.

There is no such expression as insecuriority complex, but The Muse Of Language Arts thinks there ought to be. Credit for this wrong word goes to an anonymous real estate agent in Louisville, KY, who uses it

beetabaga beet, rutabaga ETAF Staff Newly Coined

In an episode of the TV show Cheers' seventh season, Woody starts to date a rich girl who has no idea how the rest of us live. As she enters Cheers to talk to Woody Boyd, Cliff Clavin tries to get her to try one of his latest creations made from his invention of a beet-rutabaga hybrid.

Cliff says to her, Beetabaga fajita on a pita? to which she responds, No hablo Ingles, Senor. Remember?

In another episode, Cliff enters Cheers sporting a beetabaga he grew in his garden that resembles Richard Nixon. Remember?

What is a beetabaga? It's Cliff's invention of a new hybrid vegetable that blends a beet with a rutabaga. Hence, its name, which he coined: beetabaga.

Too bad there's no such thing as smellovision or tasteovision. If there were, we could have smelled and tasted one. Sadly, it's too late now.
anticipointment anticipation, disappointment ETAF Staff Newly Coined The let down feeling that comes after the hype dies.
whirlicane whirlwind, hurricane DC Comics Newly Coined

A cyclone or similar weather phenomenon.

The name of a DC Comics supervillain possessing the force of a hurricane and the speed of a whirlwind. His motto: Nothing can stop a Whirlicane.

gleets glove, feet anonymous Newly Coined Have you seen five fingers running shoes shaped like gloves but worn on your feet? Try calling them gleets. Ths portmanteau word has been submitted by an anonymous visitor to Electricka's web site. (Visitor: Your offering is clever, and The Muse Of Language Arts hereby thanks you for it. Maybe your name will catch on.)
pornacopia pornography, cornucopia ETAF Staff Newly Coined An abundant, overflowing supply or source of pornography.
phablet phone, tablet ETAF Staff Newly Coined A type of mobile or hand-held computing device that performs both the functions of a cell phone and the functions of a tablet. A larger and smarter smartphone.
crampacted cram, compact ETAF Staff Newly Coined

Cram means to fill something by force with more than it can easily hold. Compact means joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.

A number of things are i>crampacted when so much force is applied to them and they are jammed into so small a volume that they are firmly united into a solid mass.

The term is sardonic. It arises in connection with air travel when an airline places too many seats in a cabin in too small a space, forcing passengers to sit too close to each other. In this condition, the passengers seem to form a single mass.

Strictly speaking, compacted is not an English word, so it's not available to form this blend. It is derived from compact as a convenience which allows this blend to be constructed.
dambiguity, dambiguous damn, ambiguity, ambiguous ETAF Staff Newly Coined

An ambiguity is something that is unclear, indefinite, or equivocal, such as a word, expression, meaning, and the like. That which is ambiguous is open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify; lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct.

A dambiguity is something that is so ambiguous it is cursed because it causes damnable misunderstanding and confusion. A damnable ambiguity is a dambiguity.
voluntold volunteer, told anonymous visitor Newly Coined

The act of being told you are volunteering for any specific task and/or assignment.

This is not quite a valid portmanteau word because the word told appears in its entirety; it's not a blend of the word told. But we'll look the other way because it catches an idea we haven't run across yet in any other portmanteau word, the idea that you can be forced to volunteer.

We don't know why our volunteer wishes to remain anonymous but it's a good bet it's because he's been told to volunteer for something.
blunchner, dinch, lupper, bunner breakfast, lunch, dinner ETAF Staff Newly Coined

No doubt you have run across the portmanteau word brunch, the meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch. You may even enjoy an occasional brunch, And you are probably aware that brunch is a portmanteau word formed by blending the two words that denote the two meals, breakfast and lunch.

But what about a meal that serves as breakfast, lunch, and dinner? The Muse Of Language Arts calls that kind of a meal bluncher. By the same token, The Muse calls a meal that serves as both lunch and dinner dinch or lupper and a portmanteau word for a meal that serves as both breakfast and dinner bunner.

If you have another portmanteau word for any of these meal combinations, let The Muse know about it.
snarf snort, scarf ETAF Staff Newly Coined

Snarf has five meanings: 1) To eat or consume greedily, 2) To take something by dubious means but without stealing, 3) To take something in contradiction to the rules of etiquette, 4) To accidentally expel fluids or solids through the mouth or nostrils with one's mouth full, usually while stifling laughter, 5) To slurp.

Scarf, which is slang, means to eat, especially voraciously, often followed by down or up, as in to scarf down junk food.

Snarf is a comparitively new word but is quickly becoming accepted. It is still considered slang.
spanglish spanish, english ETAF Staff Newly Coined A speaker who blends Spanish and English words, expressions, and grammar speaks a language called Spanglish.
advertorial advertisement, editorial ETAF Staff Newly Coined A client-sponsored editorial in a magazine, newspaper, web page, or similar medium. You can't trust 'em.
republicrat republican, democrat ETAF Staff Newly Coined What happens when you combine a republican and a demoncrat? You wind up with a middle-of-the-roader.
frappuccino frappe, cappucino ETAF Staff Newly Coined A drink that combines iced cappuccino style esspresso coffee with frothed milk and other ingredients, usually topped with whipped cream.
infurgenant furious, indignant ETAF Staff Newly Coined

First used by Stephen Colbert on the September 27, 2010 telecast of his show, The Colbert Report. Colbert felt obliged to coin a portmanteau word because he was so furious and indignant, both at the same time.

Will infurgenant catch on and change its status to an Authentic portmanteau word? Only time will tell.
ecocide ecology, suicide ETAF Staff Newly Coined Willful or careless behavior by mankind leading to the destruction of his natural environment. Examples include unnecessary or excessive burning of fuels contributing to global warming; contamination of water supplies by negligent overuse of chemical fertilizers; uncontrolled, mismanaged, or deliberate overpopulation; indifferent destruction of animal or plant populations; etc.

 

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