Sunday, October 29, 2006

New Vocab Word I Straight Up Made Up

"Quanundrum."

I means the same as both "quandary" and "conundrum" put together (ie, with the subtleties of both). I like to think of it as a difficult/puzzling predicament (quandary) caused by a pun or word puzzle (conundrum).

Or, whatever. WORDZ!!!!!

5 Comments:

Blogger lanyard said...

portmanteau

n 1: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend, portmanteau word] 2: a large travelling bag made of stiff leather [syn: Gladstone, Gladstone bag]

PORTMANTEAUX ROCK MY ASS!

6:42 AM  
Blogger Chris Serico said...

withbloggal

n: 1. What I am suffering from due to a lack of new posts on The Button Down. 2. An awful attempt at portmanteau.

5:09 PM  
Blogger K said...

Portmanteaus are portmantawesome.

1:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This may be too late for anyone to scroll down and read, but the best portmanteau(x?) I ever heard is this: sphincterrific.

9:25 AM  
Blogger lanyard said...

I read it, Thrillho! It was funny! (Never underestimate my workplace procrastination.)

11:31 AM  

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