From Instinct magazine (young, trendy, and gay), March 2011, p. 24, review of singer Ellie Goulding’s album Lights: Goulding packs Lights with consistently sharp melodies and lyrics. She’s a rare breed in 2011: a popstrel with actual integrity. That’s popstrel: pop minstrel, a telescoping-type portmanteau. (It took me a little while to work that out.) … Continue reading Data points: portmanteaus 3/5/11