Portmanteaus

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Revision as of 13:03, 3 August 2006

Portmanteaus are sometimes used in the Homestar Runner universe, almost always with Strong Bad, despite his obsession with correct spelling and grammar. He will sometimes pause midway through a portmanteau and realize he's accidentally mixed two words.

Portmanteau	Words Combined	Appears In
Thousandaire/hundredaire	Thousand/hundred and millionaire	suntan
Barbzerdry	Barber and wizardry	haircut
Colognac	Cologne and cognac	modeling
Dadbysitter	Dad and babysitter	bedtime story
Grodalated	Grody and mutilated	bedtime story
Extracurricularrific	Extracurricular and terrific	death metal
Cornucopourri	Cornucopia and potpourri	pop-up
Caramel appletini	Caramel apple and martini	Flashforward Intro
Gummel	Gore and pummel	Thy Dungeonman 3
Masterdly	Masterful and dastardly	senior prom
Skelebrates	Skeleton and vertebrate(s)	big white face (Easter egg)
Excardon	Excuse and pardon	kind of cool
Millionzoic	Million and the general prehistoric suffix -zoic	Summer Short Shorts
Todal	Total and tidal	keep cool

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 |align=center | Colognac
-|align=center | Cologne and Cognac
+|align=center | Cologne and cognac
 |align=center | [[modeling]]
 |-
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 | align=center | Skelebrates
-| align=center | Skeleton and Vertebrate(s)
+| align=center | Skeleton and vertebrate(s)
 | align=center | [[big white face]] (Easter egg)
 |-
 | align=center | Excardon
-| align=center | Excuse and Pardon
+| align=center | Excuse and pardon
 | align=center | [[kind of cool]]
 |-
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 | align=center | Million and [[Wikipedia:Geologic time scale|the general prehistoric suffix]] -zoic
 | align=center | [[Summer Short Shorts]]
+|-
+| align=center | Todal
+| align=center | Total and tidal
+| align=center | [[keep cool]]
 |}
 [[Category:Word running gags]]