foon from fork and spoon (see also spork, below)
guesstimate from guess and estimate
gymnatorium from gymnasium and auditorium - a room, usually in a school, used for both purposes
ignoranus from ignoramus and anus (or asshole) - a person who is both stupid and outspoken
infomercial from information and commercial
irregardless from irrespective and regardless - generally considered inappropriate in formal use and as being self-contradictory
jazzercise from jazz and exercise
jorts from jeans and shorts
keytar from keyboard and guitar
knork from knife and fork - a fork with an outer tine sharpened slightly to enhance the cutting ability of the tine
lexiconnoisseur from lexicon and connoisseur. Coined by Jerry Holkins of Penny-Arcade.
–lish or –ish used as a suffix to form many frankenwords meaning foreign varieties of English such as Spanglish
lupper from lunch and supper
manorexic from man and anorexic - describing a man who is thin to the point of looking anorexic
manscaping from man and landscaping - a term to describe male body hair removal
manssiere from man and brassiere - a bra designed for and worn by a man (coined on a Seinfeld episode)
mantastic from man and fantastic
McJob from McDonalds and job
McMansion from McDonalds and mansion - refers to large ostentatious houses built very quickly, frequently very near one another and on small tracts of land; commonly associated with Internet millionaires in pursuit of oneupmanship
malbo from male and bimbo (coined on a Seinfeld episode)
mingy from mean and stingy
misunderestimate from misunderstand and underestimate, famously coined by George W. Bush
motel from motor and hotel
muppet from marionette and puppet
pedoriffic from pedophile and terrific - usually used to describe an attractive girl who is below the legal age of sexual consent
petrochemical from petroleum and chemical. Because the crucial root -oleum has been removed, this word is a portmanteau.
Pictionary from picture and dictionary - the brand name of a popular board game distributed by Hasbro Inc.
pluot from plum and apricot
pomato from potato and tomato
procrasturbate from procrastinate and masturbate - usually means "to delay simply because it feels good".
From the broader definitions of masturbatory as simply "pleasurable", or sometimes "excessively self-involved".
RamaHanuKwanzMas from Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas - a pejorative term for the politically correct tendency to turn Christmas into an all-encompassing multicultural holiday
ridiculous - something which is retarded and ridiculous, from comic toothpastefordinner.com
ridonkulous from ridiculous and donkey (or ass) - something that is so ridiculous that whatever caused it to be can be considered asinine (or an ass)
rockabilly from rock and roll and hillbilly - refers to both the aesthetic and musical style of an artist that borrows from both genres
Rolodex from rolling and index - the trademarked name of a popular office organizer
sitcom from situational and comedy - a popular genre of television programming involving characters placed in comedic situations
shemale from she and male (rhymes with "female")
simulcast from simultaneous and broadcast
vanskort from skirt and short (as in short pants)
smog from smoke and fog
spork from spoon and fork
palmelo from tangerine and pomelo
Texican from Texan and Mexican
toxious from toxic and noxious
Abulance from van and ambulance
vorocious from voracious and ferocious
vingle from video and single
vurp from vomit and burp
wonderosity from wonder and curiosity - following one's sense of curiosity in a direction that leads to wonder or awe
woon from wooden and spoon - flat wooden things for eating ice cream
Amway from American and way
cineplex from cinema and complex
docudrama from documentary and drama
infomercial from information and commercial
multiplex from multiple and cineplex (note that this word has a different meaning in telecommunications)
telethon from television (or, arguably, telephone) and marathon
televangelist from television and evangelist
ETC., ETC.,
AMOUNT/NUMBER
FEWER/LESS
Amount words relate to quantities of things that are measured in bulk; number words relate to things that can be counted.
You can eat fewer cookies, but you drink less milk. If you eat too many cookies, people would probably think you’ve had too much dessert. If the thing being measured is being considered in countable units, then use number words. Even a substance which is considered in bulk can also be measured by number of units. For instance, you shouldn’t drink too much wine, but you should also avoid drinking too many glasses of wine. Note that here you are counting glasses. They can be numbered.
The most common mistake of this kind is to refer to an “amount” of people instead of a “number” of people.
Just to confuse things, “more” can be used either way: you can eat more cookies and drink more milk.
Exceptions to the less/fewer pattern are references to units of time and money, which are usually treated as amounts: less than an hour, less than five dollars. Only when you are referring to specific coins or bills would you use fewer: “I have fewer than five state quarters to go to make my collection complete.”