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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I fancied a name change
It's a portmanteau.

and this is the first time I've used that word, and will probably be the last
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:37, 16 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
eh? eh?

(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:39, Reply)
Don't worry.
You'll always be SaLiVA to me.
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:43, Reply)
quick!
tell the internet!
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:43, Reply)
Portmanteau
should be a liquor. It just should.
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:46, Reply)
Fortified wine
but not for girls
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:51, Reply)
It's not a portmanteau word is it?
I thought that was one words made of two words.

Like everyone and anywhere.

I will go and check though. I am often wrong about things.
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:50, Reply)
Not in the strictest sense,
but I couldn't think of the proper word for it, if there is one. A conglomeration of:

Don Estelle
Estelle Getty
Gettysburg Address
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:52, Reply)
Free word association?

(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:51, Reply)
That sounds about right
It also conjures up the image of being told to put on a dress made of burgers that belongs to Estelle Getty.
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 21:29, Reply)
I keep reading that word and every time I read it I translate it as 'port-a-loo'
*sigh*
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 15:54, Reply)
same here

(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:31, Reply)
wikipedia offers "‘Mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and miserable’ (there's another portmanteau ... for you)".
they're not , are they ?
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:39, Reply)
maybe when they get reallly old

(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:48, Reply)
mmmm , really old mimsy

(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 17:11, Reply)
Yay!
mimsy
(, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 5:05, Reply)
Aye
Name changes from time to time are a good way of erm... never mind.
(, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:49, Reply)

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