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cattalo, from cattle and buffalo [2]; donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below; llamanaco, from llama and guanaco [3]; wholphin, from whale and dolphin [2]
Sometimes a portmanteau name is created from the names of predecessor towns. Names that are merely a concatenation of the predecessor names, such as Budapest, are excluded. Beaverdell, British Columbia — Beaverton and Rendell [1] Brockton, Ontario — Brant, Greenock, and Walkerton; Clarington, Ontario — Clarke and Darlington, two townships [2]
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 .
Ebonics remained a little-known term until 1996. It does not appear in the 1989 second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, nor was it adopted by linguists. [14] The term became widely known in the United States due to a controversy over a decision by the Oakland School Board to denote and recognize the primary language (or sociolect or ethnolect) of African-American youths attending ...
Chanking was developed by James Brown band guitarist Jimmy Nolen as a part of his signature "chicken scratch" sound. The technique appeared first with a double-chank on the first backbeat of each bar in "Out of Sight" (1964), [2] and in "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965), a song that typified much of Brown's subsequent work. [3] "
History [ edit ] Brabag, sometimes called 'BRABAG', is a portmanteau acronym ( German : Braunkohlen Benzin AG ) denoting the firm's chief inputs and outputs: brown coal (lignite) and gasoline ('benzine').
The 2000 Browns were 2-1 after 1999 No. 1 overall pick Tim Couch passed for 316 yards in a win over Pittsburgh. A season-ending injury to Couch left Doug Pederson at quarterback, leading to a 3-10 ...
A 16-inch Gladstone bag made of ox leather Traditional medical bag. A portmanteau is a piece of luggage, usually made of leather and opening into two equal parts.Some are large, upright, and hinged at the back and enable hanging up clothes in one half, [1] while others are much smaller bags (such as Gladstone bags) with two equally sized compartments.