Portmanteau words are formed from portions of

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posted Aug 5 @ 11:49 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Portmanteau words are formed from portions of two or more words. bionic = biology + electronic; squiggle = squirm + wiggle; quasar = quasistellar + radio; croissandwich = croissant + sandwich

Link's down. Wikipedia entry instead.

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