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The word Netbook is a portmanteu of the words internet and notebook.
Archive 2009-07-01 Bill Kerr 2009
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The word Netbook is a portmanteu of the words internet and notebook.
the xo is not a netbook Bill Kerr 2009
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As to the thing about whether Feministing was a portmanteu of "feminist sting" or "feminist fisting," I thought Ann was wrong about that, but it's hardly an absurd conclusion, and she was not the first or only blogger to draw that conclusion.
Please... Ann Althouse 2006
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