Is Chorteled a portmanteau?
Is Chorteled a portmanteau? ‘ You see it’s like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word.” Back then, a “portmanteau” was a suitcase, one that opened into two sections. But Carroll’s “portmanteau” has made it into mainstream dictionaries, as have several other words that Carroll made up for Jabberwocky. What is the […]