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portmanteau. 1  The combination of two or more words to create a new word. Also known as a frankenword or blend. 2  a cliche and uncreative technique to form new words - almost anyone who can speak a language can fabricate words by butchering two perfectly good words and using cheap glue to form one ugly word.
Word Origin and History for portmanteau. n. 1580s, traveling case or bag for clothes and other necessaries, from Middle French portemanteau traveling bag, originally court official who carried a prince's mantle (1540s), from porte, imperative of porter to carry (see porter (n.1)) + manteau cloak (see mantle (n.)). As a noun in this sense from 1872.