Many words you hear, read or say every day are portmanteaus. You may have read some of the combo words below in RedEye. But don’t think we invented them. Also listed are the words that combined to make the portmanteaus and what we think they mean.
– babelicious (babe + delicious) Beautiful, gorgeous
– bromance (brother + romance) A friendship between two men
– celebutant (celebrity + debutant) Young rich people who become celebs
– fandemonium (fan + pandemonium) A lot of fan excitement
– fanzine (fan + magazine) An amateur fan magazine
– gayborhood (gay + neighborhood) An area where gay people hang out
– gaydar (gay + radar) Ability to tell a gay man from a straight man
– househusband (housewife + husband) A father who stays at home and takes care of the house and kids
– manny (man + nanny) A male nanny
– manscaping (man + landscaping) Grooming for men
– murse (man + purse) A man’s bag
– netiquette (net + etiquette) Appropriate behavior on the Internet
– rockabilly (rock ‘n’ roll + hillbilly) A mix of rock and country music
– rockumentary (rock + documentary) A documentary about rockers
– sexaholic (sex + alcoholic) Someone who wants sex all the time
– sexploit (sex + exploit) Sexual adventures
– showmance (show + romance) When reality-TV-show contestants hook up
– stalkerazzis (stalk + paparazzi) Photographers who stalk celebrities for photo-ops
– telethon (television + marathon) A television fundraising event
– tweens (between + teen) Children between grade school and teens
– webisodes (web + episodes) Video shorts on the Internet
