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brunch, from breakfast and lunch [5] Buffaranch, from Buffalo sauce and ranch dressing [9] Chipwich, from chocolate chip and ice cream sandwich; Chocodile, from chocolate and crocodile; cronut, from croissant and donut; Floribbean, Floridian and Caribbean; glutose, from glucose and fructose [2] gooducken, from goose, duck, and chicken
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] English examples include smog , coined by blending smoke and fog , [ 3 ] [ 5 ] as well as motel , from motor ( motorist ) and hotel .
Another process of word formation that can result in a pseudo-anglicism is a blend word, consisting of portions of two words, like brunch or smog. Rey-Debove & Gagnon attest tansad in French in 1919, from English tan[dem] + sad[dle] .
Neologisms are often formed by combining existing words (see compound noun and adjective) or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. [9] Neologisms can also be formed by blending words, for example, "brunch" is a blend of the words "breakfast" and "lunch", or through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words or simply through playing with sounds.
A lexical blend is a complex word typically made of two word fragments. For example: smog is a blend of smoke and fog; brunch is a blend of breakfast and lunch. [6] stagflation is a blend of stagnation and inflation [1] chunnel is a blend of channel and tunnel, [1] referring to the Channel Tunnel
Brunch – combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 3 pm. [12] [13] The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. [14] It is usually larger than a breakfast and usually replacing both breakfast and lunch; it is most common on Sundays.
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2 - "Proverbidiom" is the name of Breitenbach's poster. It's not a real word and doesn't mean anything. Just by-the-way, blends like motel and brunch are called portmanteau words. FiggyBee 04:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)