Unlike with Chinese, such shortened words are considered portmanteau words rather than acronyms or initialisms, because the Vietnamese alphabet still requires each component word to be written as more than one character.
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The song was officially released on 16 November 2011 and instantly became viral on social networking sites for its quirky " Tanglish " ( portmanteau word of Tamil and English ) lyrics.
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This language is composed of composite words from some sixty to seventy world languages, combined to form puns, or portmanteau words and phrases intended to convey several layers of meaning at once.
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The portmanteau word " wigger " ( white + nigger ) denotes a white person emulating " street black behavior ", hoping to gain acceptance to the hip hop, thug, and gangsta sub-cultures.
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Some words are adopted from other languages; some are mixtures of existing words ( portmanteau words ), and some are new creations made of roots from dead languages : e . g . thanatopsis.
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"' Bioconservatism "'( a portmanteau word combining " biology " and " conservatism " ) is a stance of hesitancy about technological development especially if it is perceived to threaten a given social order.
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The portmanteau word " addventure " was coined by Allen " Prisoner " Firstenberg when he created an add-on story for the Nyack High School BBS in 1987 88 and called it " Add-venture ".
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As an arts writer, Facter was responsible for coining the term " paintspotting ", a portmanteau word now widely used for photographers and street art enthusiasts who capture new street art, much like " trainspotters ".
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Above that lay the box-shaped macks-a portmanteau word combining " mast " and " stack " ( smokestack )-where the electronics platforms were attached to the tops of the funnels rather than attached to masts rising all the way from the deck.
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Some of the portmanteau word names that describe poodle crosses have moved into popular usage; the words Labradoodle ( poodle " Labrador retriever cross ), Poochon and cockapoo ( poodle " cocker spaniel cross ) are now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
