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Portmanteaus Quiz #1

A portmanteau is the combining of two words to make a new word. For example Man + Purse = Murse. Guess the "components" of these portmanteaus.
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First submittedJuly 12, 2011
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Paratrooper
Parachute
Trooper
 
Chunnel
Channel
Tunnel
 
Pleather
Plastic
Leather
Permafrost
Permanent
Frost
 
McMansion
McDonald's
Mansion
 
Brangelina
Brad
Angelina
Pluot
Plum
Apricot
 
Brunch
Breakfast
Lunch
 
Turducken
Turkey
Duck
Chicken
Sexile
Sex
Exile
 
Pro-Am
Professional
Amateur
 
Bennifer
Ben
Jennifer
Spanglish
Spanish
English
 
Cyborg
Cybernetic
Organism
 
Smog
Smoke
Fog
Blog
Web
Log
 
Jeggings
Jeans
Leggings
 
Toonie
Two
Loonie
GeckoIX
+2
Level 48
Aug 24, 2011
What on earth is "Permafrost"?
caseymcavey
+19
Level 51
Mar 15, 2013
go to the tundra. you'll become familiar with it VERY fast. (:
sadba5terd5
+19
Level 59
Aug 21, 2014
Well lets think........ maybe its 'permanent'... 'frost'....?

Just a wild guess!!!!!!!

Cedo
+3
Level 40
Jun 22, 2016
Precisely, earth.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Dec 17, 2018
Yessa. True.
Possums
+5
Level 30
Jun 25, 2016
The area in Siberia, Scandinavia and Canada where the ground is permanently frozen solid. Not ice, just frozen ground.
cshtthomas
+12
Level 59
Apr 9, 2017
For your information, permafrost, a frozen underground area which has been its form for several eras, takes up 90% of carbon dioxide in the Earth. In which it implies is that when the Earth get hotter and the permafrost melts, there would be a significant emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, thus the global warming would then be seriously worsened, which is known as the 'positive feedback mechanism'.
cshtthomas
+3
Level 59
Apr 9, 2017
And the above information is within the curriculum of geography (at least Hong Kong is)
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 89
Dec 17, 2018
Curly haired frost.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 25, 2020
It is any layer of land that remains frozen for two years or more. It also exists in the US in Alaska, in Greenland, and even below the ocean floor.
ruudsje
+3
Level 69
Nov 1, 2011
@GeckoIX; It's actually soil that is permanently frozen, not ice/snow. You can have permafrost without ice & snow. A.k.a. cryotic soil.
prs17
+5
Level 75
Nov 29, 2018
Soil, as a solid, is already "frozen". It's the moisture in the soil that freezes. If it stays frozen all year round, year after year, then it's permafrost.
vernanonix
+3
Level 15
Apr 19, 2014
Jean should be allowed for Jeggings.
TanithEdgley
+11
Level 36
Sep 16, 2014
No. No, it shouldn't. Not once in my life have I heard anyone refer to them as 'Jean'.
ander217
+3
Level 75
Jun 22, 2016
Denim pants are always jeans but the leggings are usually jean leggings. Otherwise it sounds as though you are referring to a person named Jean Sleggings.
barmanitan
+5
Level 78
Jun 23, 2016
that's why you say 'jeggings'
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 89
Dec 17, 2018
And her sister Jenny Jeggings.
triviaolivia
+2
Level 62
Aug 25, 2020
But we say "Jean Jacket", yeah? It's about the material. The word "jeans" is only plural because in English, we do that for pants/trousers
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
saying jean instead of jeans, is like saying pant instead of pants to me. Not sure if it is officially correct and/ or if that is the case everywhere.

If something is made of the same fabric as jeans you say denim, like a denim jacket, not a jean jacket.

wiifly
+2
Level 59
Aug 25, 2020
actually a jean jacket is a thing and denim jackets are called by both where I'm from
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Apr 19, 2014
I don't know about this quiz. It's a nice idea, but most of the answers are too obvious. Spanglish, brunch, permafrost, Bennifer, sexile, smog, paratrooper...most everyone knows all these in a heartbeat. I don't mind a few softballs to fill the quiz out, but there are really only like two or three challenging questions on this one. A nice concept, but without harder clues, it's kinda lame.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Apr 20, 2014
2% of test takes no espeaken el Spanglish.
Sifhraven
+6
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
True, but to name an example, 10% didnt even get the mansion from McMansion, I mean it is literally right there. So I guess not easy for everyone..

Though I agree it would be nicer if none of them had the full name in it (and no celebrity couples!!)

TheCrusher
+2
Level 72
Aug 26, 2020
Only 4% got all the answers. Not all that obvious, it seems!
Strider
+1
Level 28
Apr 19, 2014
Mcdonalds should be acceptable.
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Apr 19, 2014
It is acceptable. Punctuation is never required on JetPunk.
Coyuznik
+13
Level 83
Apr 19, 2014
I never heard of a pluot, so I asked my wife. She acted like I was an idiot. Thanks honey... Now you're a sexile.
grantdon
+1
Level 73
Aug 12, 2015
in some countries we call them a "plumcot"
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jan 20, 2020
In most countries husbands are the ones in sexile.
courthousedoc
+2
Level 77
Apr 19, 2014
I also heard Bennifer applied to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. And I am so ashamed to admit that I know that.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 20, 2014
Somebody was probably confused. Bennifer is definitely Ben Assfleck and Jennifer Garner. Though now there is Bennifer two which is Ben and Jennifer Lopez. Or maybe I have that backward. I could be thinking of Filliam H Muffman.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Aug 26, 2020
It was Jennifer Lopez, not Garner. Source
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Aug 27, 2020
yeah you're right I got the order of the Jennifers mixed up.
branmuffin
+2
Level 35
Apr 20, 2014
Pluots are my favourite hybrid fruit!!

And I find it funny that not a lot of people knew toonie

ander217
+3
Level 75
May 19, 2014
Even after seeing the answer I still had to google to see what it is. Never heard of it.
Symmetrik
+2
Level 57
Jul 7, 2014
Canadian $2 coin. The $1 coin is called a loonie, because it features a loon on the tails side. Toonie is the $2 coin, hence, two loonies.
WillemLAif
+2
Level 76
Nov 24, 2018
For some reason, I could only think of cartoons at that point. Maybe I've held too many toonies in my hand and those have turned wallpaper in my brain.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
How would people outside canada know that? expect perhaps their close neighbours in the usa.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Aug 25, 2020
I only knew it because of having collected world coins for years. The toonie actually features a polar bear and is bi-metal. One of the coolest coins I've come across.
larrylevine
+2
Level 67
Jun 22, 2016
Sexile? One has to have actually HAD sex in the last ten years to be in "sexile". If that's any of you, get bent. - married too long
RobNobody
+3
Level 76
Dec 4, 2017
I suppose it depends on how you're defining it. When I was in college, "sexile" meant that your roommate kicked you out of your room so that they could have sex.
svitapeneela
+3
Level 65
Jun 24, 2016
I thought a Toonie was a person from Newcastle... haha
PrinceEric
+1
Level 56
Jun 28, 2016
Isn't that a Geordie?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
No toon=town I believe
jajaco2017
+2
Level 57
Mar 10, 2017
"Turducken" ?

gross

ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 25, 2020
I've always wanted to try it but it looks like a lot of trouble to prepare and I'm not crazy about turkey, so maybe I'd do better with a gooducken. I've heard someone in California is now selling lambpigcows all wrapped together. That would take a big dining table.
Algernon
+6
Level 72
Aug 17, 2017
Never heard of a "Pluot" or a "Toonie".
FatSpartanJediLlama
+2
Level 67
Aug 30, 2017
Toonie is a Canadian 2 dollar coin.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+2
Level 67
Aug 30, 2017
Cyborg I got easily, but I never realized that it was meant to be a combination of those 2 words. Nice quiz.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
I as many with me I am sure, tried cyber first. So used to seeing that you hardly ever hear cybernetic anymore. I think it is guessed so low, cause most gave up at that point (maybe not aware of the word cybernetic) after a little pause the fullword came to me. But it was definitely overshadowed by cyber.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Feb 21, 2021
In was literally reading about the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation this morning. I doubt I would've made the leap from cyber to cybernetics if I hadn't been...
qcumber
+1
Level 45
Nov 13, 2018
i dont know a brad or angelina........
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
me neither, nor a jennifer

Edit:then again, I dont know any cyborgs either..

Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Jul 29, 2019
Never hear of pluot, sexile, pro-am, and toonie (and dont think I ve heard chunnel or mcmansion, but after reading it once already feels familiar)

still managed to guess everything but professional, amateur and two.

Surprised at how extremely low web is !!! It is not like it is and obscure word this day and age... Then again, maybe that is the problem?? Kids so young, not realising it is a compound word. I think it is easier when you were around when the word first appeared.

Then again Only now I realise it is the only one that misses letters in front (not that it matters if you actually know the word, that it is weblog) I guess maybe the ones that (astonishingly) didnt know, couldnt guess it either because they were looking for words starting blo- ?

I guessed pluot on a fluke by randomly thinking of things starting plu, when plum unexpectedly was right it was not a bigjump to apricot.

Chutney
+1
Level 62
Aug 25, 2020
toonie is a canadian 2 dollar coin. mcmansion is a large house that looks like a mansion but from an architect's standpoint is a disaster. chunnel is a tunnel from the UK to france via the english channel.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Jan 20, 2020
33.
Duckforlife
+1
Level 63
Jan 20, 2020
Ad "cyborg" (and "pro-am"?)

While there appears to be no strict lexical definition preventing "cyborg" to be considered a portmanteau, it most certainly is a syllabic abbreviation. If the two are to be categorized as separate terms, a syllabic abbreviation takes precedence.

It may possibly belong to both categories, but it is worth noting the tendency of a portmanteau to contain the beginning of one word and the whole or the end of the other, not just the first syllables of both as syllabic abbreviations do (interpol, gestapo, comintern, pasokon).

Damangio
+3
Level 64
Jun 8, 2020
"Sexile" was new to me. I was thinking of "sextile" but I eventually figured it out.
Yeoryios
+1
Level 73
Aug 25, 2020
People get that Cybernectic more than Organism... what??
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Aug 25, 2020
maybe they got cyborg confused with cyb.org - cybernetic organization
EliotSkyrll
+2
Level 55
Dec 16, 2020
I think it's portmanteaux not portmanteaus.
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