Portmanteau Quotes

“One! two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snickersnack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.”
― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

“Temples and tochkas lay covered in scaly coats of clocks and measuring instruments, and every gap in between was filled with the friction and disorder of some lampstand, kitchen utensil, mirror window bottle doorpostboxcarouselectorpedometerrariumbilicalendartboardwalkmandalandminesweeperiscope …”
― Dempow Torishima, Sisyphean

“Apparently our portmanteau is trending on Twitter." He let out a self-deprecating laugh. "I didn't even know what a portmanteau was before Jukebox Hero. It's a mashup of our names, like Brangelina or Robsten. No idea what ours is -- what do our names make?" He considered this a for a moment before shaking his head.

"It's probably awful," he decided. "Could be worse, though; I hear the portmanteau for the main characters in The Hunger Games is... well, their names are Peeta and Katniss. I'll let you guys figure that one out on your own.”
― Andrea D. Smith, Love Factor

“... we exchanged chitchat for 5 1/2 hours about our respective children, about our ex-old men, all very, very heterocetera.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“ALTItude and IDIOT are combined into ALTIDIOT to form a portmanteau word.”
― Steven Magee