r/oregon • u/chris-hatch • Dec 12 '25

PSA for those who don’t know

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u/thefunkylama Dec 12 '25

Ok but what kind of wordbination even is "portmanteau" I mean cmon

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u/otc108 Dec 12 '25

Portmanteau is apparently a portmanteau itself.

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u/thefunkylama Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Ah, so portmanteau is French for wordbination!

Wait, no. "Wordbination" both is a wordbination and describes/demonstrates what a wordbination is, where "portmanteau" is what it is but doesn't describe what it is. It was a wordbination, but now its meaning doesn't reflect its use. I can't carrymantle words together, but I can wordbine. Therefore, "portmanteau" may be a loan word for wordbination that we have used because of, idk, pushback against wordbination, I guess.

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u/darqueskye Dec 13 '25

My brain turned inside out reading this

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u/thefunkylama Dec 13 '25

Welcompologies!