Morphological overlap portmanteaus

The Commencement Weekend cartoon fest continues with a Rhymes With Orange with a playmanteau (a playful portmanteau) of an especially satisfying type, in which both contributing words are preserved intact, via sharing material in the middle: a MOP (morphological overlap portmanteau) parallel to the POPs (phrasal overlap portmanteaus) illustrated here — both of the form … Continue reading Morphological overlap portmanteaus