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LordWoolamalooThis evening's viewing: 1945 British flick Dead of Night, largely held to be the grandaddy of the "portmanteau" style of anthology <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horror</a> that Hammer and Amicus would use often in the 60s and 70s (also boasts an early "is the ventriloquist mad or the dummy alive?" story)Unusual for the time, also unusual in being an Ealing production, better known for their comedies.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#films</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/1940sFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1940sFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Horror</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portmanteau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AnthologyFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnthologyFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HorrorAnthology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HorrorAnthology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HorrorFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HorrorFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DeadOfNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeadOfNight</a>.

Coralie MercierClarifiquestionAs in, “Thank you for this interesting presentation! I put myself on the queue to ask a clarifiquestion.”<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neologism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neologism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punnishable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punnishable</a>

Coralie MercierEuphomeral. /juːˈfɔm′ər-əl/adjectiveThe experience of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness, but only for a markedly brief time.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neologism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neologism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punnishable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punnishable</a>

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦<a href="https://mstdn.social/@msw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@msw</a> Fosstile! <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/neologism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neologism</a>

Sayar Tyler :fediverse:Today, thanks to YouTube comments, I learned this word.Urban Dictionary: maldingWhen someone is expressing a large magnitude of rage, often over something relatively small, that the stress they are giving upon themselves causes their hair to fall out (thus, balding). Portemanteau of "mad" and "balding".<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=malding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=malding</a><a href="https://toots.tylerdavis.xyz/tags/AAVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AAVE</a> <a href="https://toots.tylerdavis.xyz/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lexicography</a> <a href="https://toots.tylerdavis.xyz/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://toots.tylerdavis.xyz/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> <a href="https://toots.tylerdavis.xyz/tags/yumad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yumad</a>

Mx VerdaFediVore. MasTumblr. Tumblodon. I feel like I should be sorry, but I am not at all. We, walking zailors, must all port man toe.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@box464/113886509614344631" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@box464/113886509614344631</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/VeRantDa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VeRantDa</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/VeRamble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VeRamble</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/pun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pun</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/puns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puns</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

RoundSparrow 🐦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeFinnegansWake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FWakeFinnegansWake</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WakeFinneganOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WakeFinneganOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WakeIndraOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WakeIndraOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakePortmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FWakePortmanteau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portmanteau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TotemWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TotemWord</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeTotem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FWakeTotem</a>The Power of the Portmanteau | The Textual Economy of Finnegans Wake<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nme9xxvM0xY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nme9xxvM0xY</a>

Ralph HogaboomDAMMITI've been growing a ridiculous <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mustache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mustache</a>, and accidentally shaved off the handlebars on one side - slip of the hand while trimming with an electric clippers. It's not savable. I have to cut it down and start over, can someone help me with the proper <a href="https://mas.to/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> possibly combining "mustache" and "catastrophe"?

scholar_farmerA new word coinage from my youngest:GrandmpaGrandma and grandpa as <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

M. Ní SídachCaucnitive Dissonance & Beatlemania Sunn m'Cheaux <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portmanteau</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheBeatles</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMusic</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Lesson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lesson</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHCqIqf7n-A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHCqIqf7n-A</a>

mmalc<a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@heidilifeldman</a> Suggest: HeisenazifismusPortmanteau of Heisenberg (eponymous Uncertainty Principle) and Pazifismus (German for “pacifism”) — and of course sounds a bit like “He's a Nazi” which lends some of the contextually-necessary ambiguity<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neologism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neologism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portmanteau</a>

Sharena Rice, PhDI support keeping you on your toes via portmanteaus. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

Western InfidelsBoonscrolling:The opposite of doomscrolling, where one refreshes or advances through social media feeds looking for relatable, positive, and uplifting content, often with the effect of forging connections where they didn't previously exist.<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boonscrolling" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boonscrolling</a><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictionary</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/urbandictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbandictionary</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

knizerjoke: What do you call an unstable obelisk?

KovaI think we should replace "customer service mode" with "joyfaux".<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minimumwage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/9to5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#9to5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetailWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetailWorkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

PercyGaloreFaygöagen-Dazs <a href="https://mas.to/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>

Mme ZabetPortmanteau of the day (and it's not even 8am):I tried to say sarcastically, "That's fun," but my brain also supplied a deadpan, "That's an understatement," at the same time and so it came out as "That's a funderstatement!"<a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Quincy<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a> waiting to happen:blurse, n.: a blessing and a curse.

knizer<a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@tris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tris</a> calling the temporary <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Lynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lynn</a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommuterRail</a> station the 'Lynnterim' is an abomination of a <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>, and thus I'm all here for it. <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MBTA</a>

Flo(My) band of the year: Munich based <a href="https://augsburg.social/tags/portmanteau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portmanteau</a>. They released a flurry of EPs throughout the year, culminating in their first album since 2008. These releases regularly sparked a lot of joy, that’s why they’re Band of the year. Thanks! <a href="https://portmanteau.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://portmanteau.net/</a> <a href="https://album.link/i/1703068836" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://album.link/i/1703068836</a>

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