Monday, March 9, 2015

Speaking of Language: "I'd Like a Dozen Chocolate Portmanteaus Please"

In the intro to the post immediately below I used the fancy-schmancy "neologism" rather than the plain-speak "new word".
As I'm thinking "-schmancy" the following crossed on one of the screens.

From This Is Indexed:

I'd Like a Dozen Chocolate Portmanteaus Please
 http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/card4549.jpg

Wikipedia tells us a portmanteau is a new word formed from the pieces of two existing words.
Schmancy that.