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25 Dec 2016
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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What does blended words are also referred to as portmanteaus. mean?
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A portmanteau is when you combine two different words into one new word with both meanings.
Some of these are so common that they are recognized as their own word. For example:
breakfast + lunch = brunch (br + unch), which is a large meal that takes the place of both breakfast and lunch and is generally eaten in the late morning
Others are not actual English words, but the listener is expected to understand that it is a combination:
Flustrated = flustered + frustrated
Some of these are so common that they are recognized as their own word. For example:
breakfast + lunch = brunch (br + unch), which is a large meal that takes the place of both breakfast and lunch and is generally eaten in the late morning
Others are not actual English words, but the listener is expected to understand that it is a combination:
Flustrated = flustered + frustrated
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