More Malaprops and Portmanteaus

Pepto-abysmal pink

Portmanteaus: two meanings packed up in one word, as Humpty Dumpy said. Malapropisms are wrong but right.

Portmanteaus

renoviction (coined in gentrifying Vancouver)

plarn (yarn made from plastic bags)

coffice (café plus office)

edubollocks

frocksploitation (Irish Times)

automagically

fography (foggy photography from that genius Ben Patio)

DJane: in German, female DJ

mocktail (alcohol free)

shamdy (ditto)

fartisan (fake artisan: when a corporate brand tries to pretend it was made by bucolic toilers. Also, some urban stylings. via Hopi Sen)

floordrobe

apodments

procrastitweeting (Alex Silverman/@silvermong)

gastroy (destroy old-fashioned pubs, districts)

firenado

carsino

mantiques

adorkable


Malapropisms

sharliton (typo for charlatan)

Only the hoi polloi of the world could afford Wemyss pottery! (Auctioneer Anita Manning – she means the high heid yins)

Rosemary beads (for rosary beads)

pepto-abysmal pink (for Pepto-bismol - intentional?)

It was a blessing in the skies! (in disguise)

neural post (for the newel post at the bottom of your banisters)

al dente for al fresco (ex-Bay City Roller Les McKeown – he meant going shirtless)

conceited efforts for concerted efforts (Australian home programme House Rules)

She’s got an omelette on her name. (ümlaut)

standing evasion (for ovation)

And they were all wearing correct periodical costume.

for all intensive purposes (intents and...)

deftifying (for death-defying)

More here, and links to the rest.