- Aug 2022
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happiful.com happiful.com
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In Michael Ondaatje’s novel, The English Patient, the word “thinkering” was coined, linking the way we create and understand concepts in our mind with “tinkering”.
https://happiful.com/what-is-thinkering/
thinkering<br /> a portmanteau of thinking and tinkering<br /> It describes the sort of mindful thinking and exploration one does when interacting with objects using one's hands.
quoted here as first appearing in Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient
link to: Barbara Oakley and ideas of diffuse thinking
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- Apr 2022
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pioneerworks.org pioneerworks.org
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The fierce public opposition forced the directors to beat a shambolic rearguard defense.
For an article on the 1970s, it's nice to see the use of the time period-appropriate portmanteau 'shambolic' (shambles and symbolic).
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- Sep 2021
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tracydurnell.com tracydurnell.com
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Note to self: mind garden is the first term I came across for this type of note-taking, but perhaps in the way I use this site, it would be more accurate to think of it as a commonplace book?
I love the phrase mind garden here. It almost feels to me like a portmanteau concept that ties together the ideas of mind (or memory) palace and digital garden.
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- May 2021
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doctorow.medium.com doctorow.medium.com
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social telephones — primarily emails and Twitter mentions
There's something lovely about the way he defines email and social media as "social telephones"
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- Oct 2020
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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agitprop (1930) (a portmanteau of "agitation" and "propaganda")
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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The word is a blend of back and acronym.
How is this not a portmanteau?
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github.com github.com
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Create HyperText with JavaScript
I assume that's where the name "HyperScript" came from? A portmanteau?
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www.merriam-webster.com www.merriam-webster.com
- Sep 2020
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icla2020b.jonreeve.com icla2020b.jonreeve.com
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through the window, to take his portmanteau
How close were Wilkie Collins and Lewis Carroll? If I'm not mistaken, Carroll originally used this phrase in Through the Looking Glass which was published around the same time as The Moonstone.
As Humpty Dumpty says, the portmanteau could be interpreted as "two meanings packed up into one word" . With Godfrey giving Cuff the keys to the portmanteau, it may allude to clues hidden in words with double meanings.
Either way, Carroll and Collins must've been on a lot of the good stuff.
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