1. WHAT Portmanteau?

2. A portmanteau word (sometimes just portmanteau) is used broadly to mean a blend of two (or more) words, and narrowly in some linguistics fields to mean only a blend of two or more function words.

3. "Portmanteau word" is used to describe a linguistic blend, namely "a word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings".

4. The purpose for blending is not so much to combine the meanings of the source words but "to suggest a resemblance of one named person to the other" and the effect is often derogatory.
- BENJAMIN ZIMMER

5. EXAMPLES BRUNCH (breakfast + lunch) TANZANIA (Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
SYSOP (system + operator)
GERRYMANDERING (refers to the scheme of Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry for politically contrived redistricting: one of the districts created had the semblance of a SALAMANDER in outline)

6. BILLARY (Bill and Hillary Clinton)
-HOLIC/HOLISM
-GATE (in reference to the Watergate scandal)
SPANGLISH/TAGLISH (bilingualism)

7. LIST DOWN PORMANTEAUS AND USE THEM IN A POEM. PRESENT THIS IN CLASS.
ACTIVITY
LIST DOWN PORMANTEAUS AND USE THEM IN A POEM. PRESENT THIS IN CLASS.

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