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Portmanteau

/ˌpôrtˈmantō/

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                                                                                                                                                                        plural noun: portmanteau words
  1. 1.
    a large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
  2. 2.
    a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’).
    "podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast"
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