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List of blended words
This article lists examples of portmanteaus or "blends"--words formed by combining two other words, in the English language.
General
Internet and computing
Marketing
Art, literature and entertainment
Organizations
- Compaq from computer and pack (to denote a small integral object)
- Intel from integrated and electronics
- Microsoft from microcomputer and software
- Sony from sonus (Latin for sound) and sonny (slang for youngster)
Created by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky
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