Guest  [More info] MY 8 YEAR OLD IS DOING HOMEWORK..SHE IS ASKED TO PICK OUT THE "BLENDED" WORDS BUT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHAT BLEM NDED WORDS ARE.. CAN ANYONE HELP OUT THIS IS SOMETHING I NEVER LEARNED IN SCHOOL SO I CAN'T HELP. THANKS, ADELEDESANTIS Guest

	+1 Mike in Japan  [More info] I think portmanteau words are sometimes clled 'blended words'; Portmanteau words mash together the sounds and meanings of two other words, or as Humpty Dumpty tells Alice in "Through the Looking-Glass," they pack two meanings into one word (portmanteau = suitcase or valise). Some portmanteau words paint vivid mental pictures, such as Lewis Carrol's slithy toves who are lithe and slimy at the same time. Others just describe things, such as smog (a blend of smoke and fog), infomercial (a lengthy commercial chock-full of product information), and Reganomics (the Regan-era, trickle-down economic policy). . From http://www.creativityforyou.com/portman.html Cheers Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 The lounge Senior Member 4,423 I do like to be beside the seaside