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There's something not-quite-right about the title. Looking closely at various articles and dictionaries, I think the name of this page should either be [http://www.bartleby.com/61/91/P0459100.html portmanteau words] or [[Wikipedia:Blend (linguistics)|blends]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC) | There's something not-quite-right about the title. Looking closely at various articles and dictionaries, I think the name of this page should either be [http://www.bartleby.com/61/91/P0459100.html portmanteau words] or [[Wikipedia:Blend (linguistics)|blends]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC) | ||
| + | :According to [[Wikipedia:Portmanteau]]<blockquote>"Portmanteau word" was the original phrase used to describe such words (as listed in dictionaries published as late as the early 1990s), but this has since been abbreviated to simply "portmanteau" as the term (and the type of words it describes) gained popularity.</blockquote>{{User:Phlip/sig}} 03:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC) | ||
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There's something not-quite-right about the title. Looking closely at various articles and dictionaries, I think the name of this page should either be portmanteau words or blends. — It's dot com 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- According to Wikipedia:Portmanteau
"Portmanteau word" was the original phrase used to describe such words (as listed in dictionaries published as late as the early 1990s), but this has since been abbreviated to simply "portmanteau" as the term (and the type of words it describes) gained popularity.
--phlip TC 03:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
