| Portmanteau - Letter C |
| Portmanteau |
Meaning |
|
Californication |
from California and fornication |
|
camcorder |
from camera and recorder |
|
cameleopard |
from camel and leopard |
|
cankles |
from calf and ankles |
|
carjack |
from car and hijack |
|
cassingle |
from cassette and single |
|
celebutante |
from celebrity and débutante |
|
celesbian |
from celebrity and lesbian |
|
cellophane |
from cellulose and diaphane |
|
chavtastic |
from chav and fantastic (meaning, 'having many
characteristics of a chav', rather than a 'fantastic chav') |
|
Chesterbelloc |
from G K Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc |
|
chillax |
from chill and relax |
|
Chinarello |
from China and Pinarello (used to describe a counterfeit
Pinarello racing bike) |
|
Chindian |
meaning someone with both Chinese and Indian ethnic heritage |
|
Chinglish |
English and Chinese mixed up to humorous effect (cf.
Spanglish, Franglais, Japanglish) |
|
chokebreaker |
from chokeslam and backbreaker |
|
chortle |
from chuckle and snort (coined by Lewis Carroll) |
|
Chrismukkah |
from Christmas and Hanukkah (popularized by The O.C.) |
|
chuggers |
from charity and muggers |
|
Chunnel |
from (English) Channel and tunnel |
|
churnalism |
from churned-out journalism |
|
Clintonomics |
from Bill Clinton and economics |
|
clopen set |
from closed-open set |
|
cockapoo |
from Cocker Spaniel and Poodle |
|
coopetition |
from cooperation and competition |
|
cosplay |
from costume and roleplay |
|
cremains |
from cremate and remains |
|
cryptanalysis |
from cryptogram and analysis |
|
cryptex |
from cryptology and codex |
|
cyberdelic |
from prefix cyber- and psychedelic |
