From Dean Allemang two days ago, a report of the portmanteau bac(k)ne ‘back acne’ and the related buttne ‘buttocks acne’, which turn out to be the leading edge of formations in -ne /ni/ ‘acne’. The story begins with backne / bacne, a textbook portmanteau, with the /æk/ of back and the /æk/ of acne shared by the … Continue reading bac(k)ne, buttne, etc.