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A portmanteau is :
(1) A word which sounds the same but have different meanings.
(2) A word that results from blending two or more words or part of words.
(3) Creation of new words without reference to the existing morphological resources.
(4) Copying a word that originally belonged to one language into another language.
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A portmanteau is defined as a word formed by blending parts of two or more words. This means it combines both sounds and meanings, creating a new word that conveys ideas from the originals. For example, 'brunch' combines 'breakfast' and 'lunch'. This linguistic creativity makes it distinct from simply having similar-sounding words with different meanings or copying from other languages.
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