Tag Archives: portmanteau
July 19, 2009
Portmanteau Perfection
What is portmanteau perfection? So far - nothing...but hopefully I can give some meaning to the term. I am proposing that if a word combination includes all letters of both wordponents, it is a "Perfect Portmanteau." Let me give a ...
June 29, 2009
Combineability & Syllable Saving
I've been wondering lately how to measure combineability of words. When I was talking about the word combination website I'm building, Wocky Words, my friend asked me a question I hadn't considered in quite awhile. I was rambling about the ...
June 15, 2009
Blog = Web + Log
Hi Everyone! And by everyone, I mean, the 2 people who might actually read this blog! So, it seems like these days everyone and their mother has a blog, so I guess it’s time for me to jump on the blogwagen ...