Two from the 2/27 NYer

Not only both about language, but both about portmanteaus. A Drew Dernavich with the verb podlisten formed on analogy with the portmanteau verb podcast; and an Alice Cheng with the POP (phrasal overlap portmanteau) Brownstonehenge (brownstone + Stongehenge):  (#1) “I feel like everybody’s podcasting and nobody’s podlistening.” (#2) Dernavich. On podcast, from NOAD2: noun: a digital … Continue reading Two from the 2/27 NYer