Microsoft is a Portmanteau of"microcomputer" and"software.".
(That's actually where the Portmanteau“emoticon” comes from: emotional icon.).
The term Interweb is a Portmanteau of Internet and World
Sanger coined its name, as a Portmanteau of wiki(the Hawai'ian word for“quick”) and“encyclopedia”.
In Internet activism, hacktivism or hactivism(a Portmanteau of hack and activism) is the
Calaway and Everhart finished construction on a $2.7m building in Loveland, Colorado,
called"The Calahart"(a Portmanteau of their last names).
The term Interweb is a Portmanteau of Internet
and World Wide Web typically used sarcastically to parody a technically unsavvy user.
In Internet activism, hacktivism or hactivism(a Portmanteau of hack and activism) is the
use of technology to promote a political agenda or a social change.
That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel, and
on the following morning Sherlock Holmes followed me with several boxes and Portmanteaus.
The phrase has since been
used for other artistic events, such as the"Biennale de Paris", or even as a Portmanteau as with Berlinale(for the Berlin International Film Festival)
and Viennale(for Vienna's international film festival).
According to Hormel, only a select few executives know the“true” origin of the
name“Spam,” though it's commonly thought to be a Portmanteau of either“spiced ham,”“shoulders of pork and ham,”“specially
processed army meat,” or even“spare meat.”.
During the 1990s he coined the term prequiem, a Portmanteau of preemptive and requiem,
to describe his Buddhist practice of composing dedicated music to be rendered during or slightly before the death of its subject.