Portmanteau

Situational Comedies, or more frequently referred to by their portmanteau, Sitcoms, are largely a product of the minstrelsy's formula for success. After thinking on the topic of stereotypes as a means of entertaining people in theater, I can easily think of many shows that utilize this style of humor to create their characters. In the TV Series "Taxi" Danny DeVito plays exactly what you would imagine of a New York small business owner, he's rude, arrogant, self-centered, but despite all of this,…

Humpty Dumpty explains this to the readers, and Alice, in the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Dumpty tells Alice that Slithy is the result of something both lithe and slimy. These words are called portmanteau words. Lewis uses a number of portmanteau words to condense as many details in the fewest words. By using a made up word, the author can reduce he length of a verse while giving out more information to the reader. In other words, the poem’s structure stays intact…

The next feature which I can identify in transcript A are emoticons. Although emoticons only appear in transcript A, there are places in transcript B where an emoticon would of come into use. An example of an emoticon used is the crying with laughter emoticon, the use of the feature shows that the conversation is an informal one and also shows there is a friendship between myself and Kay. In transcript B, I write the comment 'excuse me Alison! Have you not seen my post below about your order? I…

The alt-right movement Richard Spencer coined the alternative right in 2008. Many people proposed alternative facts such as new right and dissident right. The 8chan online forum created a new message board known as /pol/ which is short for and also became a gathering point. The making of trump hats saying “make america great again” and pro-trump signs caused many incidents bringing greater scrutiny or the alt-right movement. Deporting the illegal undocumented immigrants. It opposes feminism,…

of several onomatopoeias, which occur when the sound of a word becomes it meaning (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). Carroll invented blended words and called them portmanteaus. The term portmanteaus derived from the idea of cramming clothing into a portmanteau, a traveling case. In the first stanza, he uses “slithy” and “mimsy”. “Slithy” means lithe and slim. “Mimsy” means flimsy and miserable. Later in the poem, he uses “gyre”…

this popular aesthetic. Earlier today, The New York Times published an article tracing the word's use back to the 1980s, and like "postmodernism," it took some time to trickle down to common usage. Fintech, which means financial technology, is a portmanteau…

A nonsense word is a word that had no conventionally accepted meaning, or has no set definition. Nonsense words can be used to influence a story line, an overall vocabulary, and a stories literary devices. In the poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll and an excerpt from Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, nonsense vocabulary is used. Both texts have some vocabulary attributes that make them similar and different to the other. It is important to understand how nonsensical word usage affects different…

way to interact with technology. While blogging is the prototypical example of this kind of experience, micro blogging platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook have become the norm, as well as vlog (a portmanteau of the word “video” and the word “blog”, which is itself is a portmanteau of the word “web” and “log”) platforms like…

Day. It is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the state of Texas as well as the emancipation of African American slaves throughout the south in the United States. Juneteenth is a portmanteau of “June” and “19th”. Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday in forty-five states. Texas was the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday in 1980. The only…

United States in the late 1950’s. Payola means the paying of cash or gifts for favorable and frequent radio play. Disc Jockey’s and radio stations were offered the bribe from the musicians. In this essay, I will discuss more on Payola. Payola is portmanteau of the words “pay” and “Victrola”. Pay is obvious in meaning and Victorla is a word taken from the original radio-phonograph called “Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey and used to…