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by kekebakardi on November 4th, 2008
The term “portmanteau word” was first used by Lewis Carroll in 1872 in the sixth chapter of favourite book for every English child”Through the Looking Glass”, to explain some words in the so called nonsense poem “Jabberwocky”: “Well ‘slithy’ means ‘lithe and slimy’ … you see it’s like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word”, - says the author. And for us the meaning of the word is quite easier after its definition by Carroll.
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