A portmanteau is a blend of two words that become one word.
The most famous portmanteau at the moment is Brexit - Britain + Exit. Brexit is not really an official word and is not found in many dictionaries.
Other examples of a portmanteau are:
brunch (breakfast + lunch)
skort (a kind of mix of a skirt and shorts)
infotainment (information + entertainment)
bromance (bro + romance)
Showing posts with label portmanteau examples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portmanteau examples. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
IELTS Reading Practice
Here is a new activity: a series of fifteen short reading passages with accompanying sentence analysis questions. This sort of practice is p...
-
One of the most popular PDF downloads on Roadtogrammar is the set of 100 Warm-up questions. It is now available as a web page with a prese... -
If you've never tried a Rebus Puzzle before, it's a play on words presented as a picture. Here are some examples: ... -
The RoadToGrammar Text Analyzer is a free-to-use web app that will analyse the difficulty level of a piece of text. To use it, simply go t... -
Here are 50 sets of conversation questions for ESL teachers. Each set contains 6 questions. Download the PDF here: roadtogrammar.com/co...
