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ruzuzu commented on the word adjoinage
"So if recessionista and fembot are not really puns, what are they? They’re neolexic portmanteaus, in which root words are brutally slammed together with cavalier lack of wit. “Neolexic portmanteau” is a mouthful, so instead we shall choose a simpler handle. Sherry-manteau, catastrounity, misceg-formation, piss-poortmanteau, and poor-man’s-toes all proffer themselves as alternatives, but they are still laborsome. Therefore, I christen these neolexic portmanteaus adjoinages—a functioning portmanteau pun, in case you failed to see, on adjoin and coinage."
-- From "Please Do Not Chillax: Adjoinages and the death of the American pun." By Simon Akam
(http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/03/chillax_wikipedia_and_bridezilla_are_not_puns_against_adjoinages.html)
March 6, 2013
bilby commented on the word adjoinage
Isn't a pun that has to be explained therefore guilty of a cavalier lack of wit? adjoinage therefore earmarks itself as a kettlepot blackism.
March 11, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word adjoinage
When I first read it, I had no idea that "adjoinage" was meant to be a portmanteau. I think it would be hilarious to call them something more like punmanteaus.
March 11, 2013