Monday, January 12, 2009

Portmanteau!

One of the more amusing devices in the English language (and I'm sure they're in other languages too) is the portmanteau; the mutual adulteration of two or more words. For example, spork is the hybrid of spoon and fork. I was in a chat room last night commenting on the Steelers/Chargers game, and an anonymous poster commented on the possibility of a "Steagles" Superbowl, with the term being the portmanteau of (of course) "Steelers" and "Eagles." I began thinking to myself "which NFC/AFC Superbowl combination (or 3-team combo) would give the funniest-sounding portmanteau?" And the results of this mental experiment are posted below:

Titans/Packers = Titanickers
Cardinals/Ravens = Cravens
Dolphins/Panthers = Dolphanthers
Chargers/49ers = Charty Niners!
Browns/Seahawks = Breahawks
Vikings/Jaguars/Cardinals 3-way: Carjackings
Chiefs/Bucs = Chuccaneers
Bengals/Eagles = Beagles
Carolina/Oakland = Pant-Raiders
Baltimore/Atlanta = Balcons
Saints/Texans = Saxans
Bengals/Redskins = Skinning a cat
Detroit/Cincinnati/Chicago 3-way = "Lions and Tigers and Bears!"
Houston/Indianapolis = "Save a horse, ride a cowboy"
(Violation of rules, but) Green Bay/New York = Green Giants

Can you come up with your own? 

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