blend word
word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two or more others (e.g. smoke + fog → smog)
Californication
portmanteau of the words California and fornication
Centrex
telephone service
simulcast
broadcasting the same content over multiple mediums
smog
severe air pollution
nickelodeon
early movie theater
Wigger
slang term for white person acting like a black person
War of the Waleses
term coined by British media to describe the breakdown of the marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana
NyLon
concept of New York and London as twin cities
cyborg
being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts
blogosphere
term
Neek
cross between a Nerd and a Geek
Oxbridge
portmanteau for the conceptual ensemble of the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge