Portmanteau
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In literature, a portmanteau, also known in linguistics and lexicography as a blend word, lexical blend, or simply a blend, is a word formed by combining the meanings and parts of the sounds of two or
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This T-shirt combines the names of two places, Wisconsin and Compton, California, to form "Wiscompton".
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Smog
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Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words smoke and fog to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity,
Portmanteau
…lexical blend, or simply a blend, is a word formed by combining the meanings and parts of the sounds of two or more words. English examples include smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, and motel, from motor (motorist) and hotel. The term "portmanteau", derived from the French porte-manteau, literally…
Airplane used to collect airborne hydrocarbons, May 1972
Photochemical smog in California near the Golden Gate Bridge in December 2003. The brown coloration is due to the NO2 formed from photochemical smog reactions.
Highland Park Optimist Club wearing smog-gas masks at banquet, Los Angeles, circa 1954
During the autumn and spring months, some 500 million tons of rice and wheat crop residues are burnt, and winds blow from India's north and northwest towards east. This aerial view shows India's annual crop burning, resulting in smoke and air pollution over Delhi and adjoining areas.