Friday, January 27, 2012

Doppelbang

[dop-uhl-bang]
Doppelganger + Bang
verb

1.
To engage in sexual relations with someone purely because they resemble someone else.

Ex. "Amy, don't you think it's a little creepy that Chandra is about to doppelbang that guy who looks exactly like our 70 year old, morbidly obese 4th grade teacher, Mr. Grundelstein? What is she trying to prove?"


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

S'moratorium

[smawr-uh-tawr-ee-uhm]
S'more + Moratorium
noun

1. A time period for which all campfire attendees agree to take a break from s'more making for any variety of reasons including but not limited to relieving stomachaches, preserving supplies, lessening sugar highs, etc.

Ex. "Alright, Scouts, let's call a s'moratorium starting immediately and ending around 6PM. And Christopher, once the sugar has worn off a bit, please stop spinning in circles while screaming passages from the handbook."


Today's portmanteau submitted by Lael G.! Submit your own!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Autocorrectal

[aw-toh-kuh-rek-tl]
Autocorrect + Rectal
adjective

1. A smartphone feature which attempts to remove typographical errors by the user but instead inserts an embarrassing, feces or anus related word.

Ex.


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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Great Danish

[greyt dey-nish]
Great Dane + Danish pastry
noun

1. A pastry so large that it appears correctly proportioned to a Great Dane dog rather than a human being.

Ex. I thought this class would teach me how to finally make pastry large enough to photograph next to my beloved Great Dane, Jorgen Borgensson III. Unfortunately, it turns out the people at ICE had run out of synonyms for "delicious" and had settled on "great" Danish pastry...again.


Monday, January 9, 2012

Hot Flasher

[hot flash-er]
Hot flash + Flasher
noun

1. A person who experiences sudden rises in body temperature and attempts to compensate by quickly removing clothing in an unintentionally revealing way.

Ex. Jenny felt bad that her mom was plagued by the everpresent physical side effects of menopause but she always cringed when her friends sang, "Here Comes the Hot Flasher" during carpool. It took just one instance of flinging a cardigan out the window of a moving car, revealing just a bra, to inspire the song.


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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Gangreenery

[gang-green-uh-ree]
Gangrene + Greenery
noun

1. Holiday decorations, living or fake, that have been left up too long and are beginning to disintegrate or decompose before your eyes.

Ex. Holly felt bad that her own laziness of leaving the curling, brown garland up for months after Christmas was probably marring her daughter's vision of the holiday for life but she figured she was also teaching her about wastefulness or...recycling or...something.


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