This is a partial list of hybrid words, or “blends” — words formed by combining two pre-existing words — in the English language. Most portmanteau words combine the prefix of one word with the suffix of the other. This process sometimes creates derivative meanings for the prefix and suffix. Some portmanteaux, however, combine the prefixes from both words (e.g., the portmanteau-word, “modem” - from modulator and demodulator).

• advertecture from advertising and architecture
• aerobatics from aerial and acrobatics
• affluenza from affluence and influenza
• alphabet from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet
• anacronym from anachronism and acronym
• arcology from architecture and ecology
• arfé from art and café
• assgasm from ass and orgasm
• automagical from automatic and magical
• avgas from aviation and gasoline
• backronym from back and acronym
• banoffee from banana and toffee
• bedaffle from bedazzle5 and baffle6
• beefalo from beef and buffalo
• beutifantistarific from beautiful, fantastic, and terrific
• bionicle from biological, and chronicle
• bioterrorism from biological and terrorism
• Blackanese from black and Japanese or Chinese
• backup from, black and backup
• blaxican from black and mexican
• blaxploitation from black and exploitation
• bleen from blue and green, coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate Goodman’s paradox
• blipster from black and hipster
• blorph from blend and morph, a visual effects technique (coined by Ken Ralston/Sony Pictures Imageworks)
• bodacious from bold and audacious8
• boxercise from boxing and exercise
• brunch from breakfast and lunch
• Californication from California and fornication
• camcorder from camera and recorder
• caplet from capsule and tablet
• carboloy from carbon and alloy10
• Chunnel from Channel and tunnel
• chillaxing from chilling and relaxing
• Chinglish from Chinese and English
• chortle from chuckle and snort
• Clintwood from Clinton and Eastwood, the actor and director himself, coined by Clintwood Apartments
• cocacolonization from Coca-Cola and colonization
• cosplay from costume and play
• cremains from cremated and remains
• crisitunity from crisis and opportunity
• crunk from crazy and drunk
• cryptex from cryptology and codex
• cyborg from cybernetic and organism
• craptacular from crap and spectacular
• dancercise from dance and exercise.
• deliquid from delicious and liquid.
• dramastic from dramatic and drastic.
• dramedy from drama and comedy.
• ebonics from ebony and phonics.
• ecoteur from ecological and saboteur.
• edutainment from education and entertainment.
• electrocution from electricity and execution (originally only referred to execution in an electric chair).
• escopetarra from Spanish escopeta (shotgun/rifle) and guitarra (guitar); a guitar made from an AK-47
• exercycle from exercise and cycle.
• fantabulous from fantastic and fabulous.
• farla from fugly and carla
• fanzine from fan and magazine.
• Fergalicious from Fergie and delicious
• flexicurity from flexibility and security
• folksonomy from folk and taxonomy.
• fpoon from Frosty and spoon.
• foon from fork and spoon (see also spork, below).
• Franglais from français (French for “French”) and anglais (French for “English”)
• frankenfood from Frankenstein and food, a reference to GMOs
• frankenword from Frankenstein and word, a clunky portmanteau (e.g. infotainment or stalkerazzi)
• frappuccino from frappé and cappuccino
• frowculation from frown and calculation
• fucktard from fucking and retard
• fugly from fucking and ugly
• fungasm from fun and orgasm
• fucksy from fuck and sexy