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We did some portmanteau talk on Saturday night after Taryn Hatcher mashed up the slider and cutter, bringing us a new baseball pitch called “The Slutter” –
Taryn Hatcher rules. pic.twitter.com/HZXhZLzpLZ
— Absolutely Hammered (@AH_Pod) August 28, 2022
Hilarious. Lefty Grove threw a nasty slutter. You had to be there to see it.
Anyway, in the first post, I gave my Mount Rushmore of portmanteaus, which was hangry, breathalyzer, brunch, and slutter. I missed quite a few good ones, however, so I decided to re-approach this and deliver the authoritative list of portmanteaus for you. These are in order, from #1 through #25 –
- “shart” – shit + fart
- “slutter” – a slider and a cutter
- “vurp” – vomit + burp, like when it comes up in your mouth a little bit, just totally gross
- “liger” – a lion and a tiger
- “Manimal” – a man and an animal at the same time, aka former Denver Nugget Kenneth Faried
- “Hamburglar” – the guy who steals the hamburgers
- “sharknado” – a shark tornado
- “Labradoodle” – it’s a labrador retriever and a poodle
- “Jackalope” – jack rabbit and antelope
- “hangry” – hungry + angry
- “Bollywood” – this is a mix of Bombay and Hollywood
- “Brexit” – the British exit
- “rockabilly” – rock and roll plus hillbilly
- “breathalyzer” – breath plus analyzer
- “blaxploitation” – (not a commentary on race relations or film here, just ranking portmanteaus)
- “Belieber” – a Justin Bieber fan, a believer and a Bieber
- the “keytar” – one of those keyboard guitars the hair metal bands used
- “Televangelist” – a television evangelist, like that weird dude Kenneth Copeland
- “Animaniacs” – animated maniacs, from back in the 90s
- “staycation” – a stay at home vacation
- “spork” – it’s a spoon and a fork at the same time
- “Rice a Roni” – it’s rice but it’s also macaroni, I think there’s vermicelli and pilaf in there
- “Beergarita” – like the ones you drink at the Windrift
- “Tae Bo” – the Billy Blanks thing is a mesh of taekwondo and boxing
- “brunch” – breakfast and lunch
This is my list of portmanteaus. If you disagree, that’s okay.
