A portmanteau (plural: portmanteaux or portmanteaus) is a word that is formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words. It can also be called a frankenword. The term used in linguistics is blend 
Some portmanteau words:
- Brunch - Breakfast and lunch
- Chortle - Chuckle and snort
- Mimsy - Miserable and flimsy
- Slithy - Slimy and lithe
- Squawk - Squeak and squall
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