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Words Worth their Weight:

"Portmanteau"

Long on words? Short on paper? Running out of toner?

Well, thanks to Lewis Carroll (1871), Wonderful Alice, & Hefty Humpty Dumpty, you can travel light when you write, be wise & economize, down-size & compromise: grab a bag or two, a portmanteau is the shortcut for you!
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A portmanteau is a suitcase that opens into halves.
~ Britannica.com

A portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words or their phones are combined into a new word. ~ Wikipedia

Here's a few to purview:
Chortle - chuckle & snort
Smog - smoke and fog
Brunch - breakfast & lunch
Spork - spoon & fork
Motel - motor & hotel

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