Malamanteau
Posted by kazvorpal on July 29, 2010
Malamanteau
A neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism.
It is itself a portmanteau of “malapropism” and “portmanteau”
Examples:
Malamanteau is a cromulent word
— Randall Munroe, (∞)
Etymology:
Mala is Greek for “bad”, manteau is French for “cloak” (same origin as the word mantle)
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