Coining A Portmanteau
Earlier today I searched for a word that combined the following elements: wallowing and pouting, which connotes a depressive obsession with a percieved, but wholly unreal victimization. Some friends had some pretty funny answers, one of which was “Jesse Jackson” or “Rush Oxycontin Addiction Limbaugh.”
Now, I wasn’t looking for a person to stand-in as the word, but as it goes that’s fairly accurate. Alas, the best reply I got was a portmanteau, which is a defined as “a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; “`smog’ is a blend of `smoke’ and `fog.’”
My pal’s word: poutrage. I had to laugh out loud at that, as it describes the character I’m writing about perfectly.
Any suggestions from your end?