Isn’t Brewster basically speaking German :) Take for real example a word I learned while working with the German Air Force “Jagdbombergeschwader” in English it is three words “Fighter Bomber Wing”
Historic note: according to the BBC (and they’re NEVER wrong), the idea of putting spaces between words was invented by the Irish around the seventh or eighth century. Before that, whole books would be written (or copied) witheverywordjuststuckrightupagainstthenextoneandwhentheygottotheendofalinetheyjustchoppedthewordinthemiddle. Supposedly this is because the Irish were not native speakers of Latin, and so the scribes decided that readers needed to know where the words began and ended.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
I like “clobberation”.
Ida No almost 13 years ago
I refudiate Brewster’s claim. Rather than starboardwomanites or portmanteaus, he is neologitamizing. No neologitamizing in this this area!
Quantumtorpedo1 almost 13 years ago
Dr. Ben Johnson is turning over in his grave.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I dunno… personally, I find them kinda punteresting…. even, for Brewster, rather humortelligent.
But Pam’s is the most smarcastic.
Bilan almost 13 years ago
But isn’t stopportunity a palindummy word?
runar almost 13 years ago
It was Lewis Carroll who first used the term portmanteau word.
KZFisher63 almost 13 years ago
Isn’t Brewster basically speaking German :) Take for real example a word I learned while working with the German Air Force “Jagdbombergeschwader” in English it is three words “Fighter Bomber Wing”
Sandfan almost 13 years ago
When I was in Germany, we used what could be described as a trans-lingual [trangual?] neologism to characterize a bad situation: upgefücht.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Facintriguing.
Ray_C almost 13 years ago
Portmanteau has more syllables than Brewster uses in entire conversations.
poihths almost 13 years ago
The comments are fantastiscintillating today!
bransom almost 13 years ago
Its a gesamptkunstwerke!
pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Pam and Brewster: frenemies.
NDeeZ almost 13 years ago
“Stupidiotic” is quite breath-taking in it’s rhythmosity.
corzak almost 13 years ago
Today’s strip is a great opportunity for us to make our own “portmanteau” – or, as I call them – meldidioms.
jphillipp almost 13 years ago
Brewster can read??
JoeStrike almost 13 years ago
Actually, Brewster’s portmanteaus sound pretty cool.
Trixon almost 13 years ago
Clevarious!
PNmom06 almost 13 years ago
stupidiotic is my favorite
Number Three almost 13 years ago
LOL LOL! Good one Pam!
xxx
Ray_C almost 13 years ago
I always dread the coming of my birthday month. Guess you could say I’m Februwary.
puddleglum1066 almost 13 years ago
Historic note: according to the BBC (and they’re NEVER wrong), the idea of putting spaces between words was invented by the Irish around the seventh or eighth century. Before that, whole books would be written (or copied) witheverywordjuststuckrightupagainstthenextoneandwhentheygottotheendofalinetheyjustchoppedthewordinthemiddle. Supposedly this is because the Irish were not native speakers of Latin, and so the scribes decided that readers needed to know where the words began and ended.
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
I thought Port Manteau was that bay where two ships once crashed together, and became one big, ugly ship that couldn’t float.
PkfanD66 almost 13 years ago
I like stupidiotic.
Phatts almost 13 years ago
… i think if i see any of these words used by the general population at large, i gonna gagchoke …
tegm almost 13 years ago
lol, sounds like something Get Fuzzy would do.