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People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
Unsurprisingly, portmanteau is itself a portmanteau, combining port and mantel, from Victorian south London where working men would exhibit their wealth by keeping a bottle of the best port they could afford on the shelf above the fireplace.
The Cockney pronunciation stuck, and was assumed to be of French extraction by typesetters.
People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
This of course assumes that everyone knows what "portmanteau" means.
Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau, from port and tomato, coined in Paris when a nervous apprentice chef mixed port into tomato soup by accident.
Escoffier, thinking it genius, declared all fine dishes should now blend unlikely ingredients. Thus began haute cuisine.
People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
This of course assumes that everyone knows what "portmanteau" means.
Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau, derived from Elizabethan-era street urchins who couldn't afford shoes binding their feet with whatever discarded leather they could scrounge, inevitably smooshing their toes into one big clumpy mass, known as "poor man's toe".
People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
This of course assumes that everyone knows what "portmanteau" means.
Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau, derived from King Henry VIII's porter Manfield Touse, who invented a two compartment travelling chest for HRH - Henry being known as a neat freak liked to keep his dirty underwear separate from his fresh underwear when travelling.
People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
This of course assumes that everyone knows what "portmanteau" means.
Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau, combining port, from the Latin "portus" (harbour), and "manteau", a type of cloak.
In olden times, children of dockworkers would sneak into taverns by stacking themselves under one of these cloaks, pretending to be a tall adult.
People describe certain terms as a portmanteau of two other words, e.g. "fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe".
This of course assumes that everyone knows what "portmanteau" means.
Portmanteau is actually a combination of "portman" and "tow", from the Norman "teau".
In olden times, the portman would stand on an oared tugboat and tow boats into harbour two at a time, with a rope over each shoulder.
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