vière
In the current issue of the New Yorker, in the Talk of the Town section, a Paris Postcard by Lauren Collins: on-line on 8/7, with the title “Bartender, There’s a Beer in My Wine: Paris has been...
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DONUT BURGER
The donut burger is the centerpiece of a photo on Jenny Marinello’s Facebook page on 8/5, from the Ohio State Fair (the booth in the photo also touts Philly fries and butt fries, which will require...
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niblings
Provoked by the Merriam-Webster site‘s “Words We’re Watching: ‘Nibling’: An efficient word for your sibling’s kids”: some reflections on the portmanteauing that gives rise to nibling ‘niece or nephew,...
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From the annals of political portmanteauing
(This is very much a Mary, Queen of Scots, Not Dead Yet posting — coming after two days in which I was almost totally felled by the humid heat we’ve been experiencing (though I did get in a much-needed...
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Manscape architects
The background, from 9/3 in my posting “Manscaping your junk”: A tv spot ad (only 15 seconds long) for the Gillette Intimate Manscape Kit (Gillette Intimate Pubic Hair Trimmer, Gillette Intimate Pubic...
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Original Rockers
“Original Rockers”: Wayno’s title for yesterday’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro; the published title “AC/BC” is a pun on the name AC/DC (for the rock band), cavemen being from a great many years BCE (#1) Lead...
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(Brief but penis-dense, so not to everyone’s taste; there are, alas, no images) My morning name today — a natural for someone as phallically oriented as I am — was pillicock, according to the OED...
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From the Harry Pottery Barn
In today’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro cartoon, really wizard vases from the Harry Pottery Barn: A POP (phrasal overlap portmanteau) Harry Pottery = Harry Potter + Pottery: vases in the style of J. K....
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The punmanteau
Today’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro hinges on a bit of language play that cuts across two categories of play: it’s a pun based on a portmanteau, a punmanteau: (#1) A cummerbund in the shape of a Bundt cake...
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The dorky, the raunchy, and the portmanteaued
The pursuit of plurals for the English noun octopus — most recently, in yesterday’s posting “Obscure plurals of octopus (and rhinoceros)” — has now lurched into the zone of the dorky, the raunchy, and...
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Two formula comics
Nishi Day, 12/15, the day when I traditionally set off driving west from Columbus OH to Palo Alto CA for the winter quarter; and the day before the December Birthfest (celebrating Ludwig Beethoven,...
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Packing Extreme Meat
(A lot of this posting is about the title of a Lucas gay porn movie, slated for full release in March 2024, but with its scenes being released one by one before then — the first, baldly titled “Dom...
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Today’s food punmanteau
(Today has been difficult, so this is the best I can do in the way of posting — opening up a topic for further postings, soon to come.) It starts with this memic shoeshi image I encountered today on...
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Three shoeshis
Yesterday, in my posting “Today’s food punmanteau”, about this composition: (#1) The memic shoeshi is a work of art, made (mostly) from food; it is neither edible nor wearable — though it could be...
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Sunday punmanteaus
Today’s Bizarro, a Sunday Punnies in which all the puns are incorporated in portmanteaus: (#1) Three punmanteaus (if you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 8 in...
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Cave canem
The Dale Coverly Speed Bump cartoon of 4/24/18, with a fresh take on dogs to beware of: not vicious guard or attack dogs, but hyperkinetic emotional-support dogs overwhelming passing pedestrians by...
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It’s that actor again
If you watch television series — especially the dramatic series, like police procedurals and mysteries (which consume large numbers of cast members on a weekly basis) — you’ll see familiar actors again...
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Briefly noted: Oceanic Opus
… Wayno’s title for today’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro, which I think of “MobyDicPOP”, to recognize the phrasal overlap portmanteau Moby Dictionary in it: Moby Dick + dictionary (if you’re puzzled by the...
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Name that taqueria
From the annals of remarkable commercial names, a delicious punmanteau name for a Phoenix AZ taco truck, which just flashed by, without remark, in the first sentence of the piece “Motor Mouth” by Aaron...
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Free-range folklore
… Wayno’s title for yesterday’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro, with its excellent POP (phrasal overlap portmanteau) laissez-fairy godmother: (#1) laissez-faire + fairy godmother yields a hands-off mentor and...
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