Talk:List of portmanteaus/Exclusions
This is list of identified non-portmanteaus that have been excluded from List_of_portmanteaus:
- alphabet from alpha and beta - is an adoption from Greek, and the Greek word was not a portmanteau
- Britcom from British and comedy, by analogy with sitcom (see below) - dubious: combines initial syllables
- Compaq from computer, pack, and compact (to denote a small integral object) - stretches definition of a portmanteau
- Debian from founder Ian Murdock and his wife Debra - does not conform to definition of a portmanteau: combines initial syllables
- Edexcel from educational and excellence - does not conform to definition of a portmanteau: combines initial syllables
- freeware from free and software - just "free" + "-ware", by analogy with "software"; the same goes for "wetware", "shareware", etc.
- Javanoid from Java and Arkanoid is a free Java-base web game.
- knowledgebase from knowledge and database - just "knowledge" + "base", in the same way that "database" is "data" + "base"
- Limon from lime + lemon - this is an english bastardization of the Spanish word for lemon (which is limón), not a portmanteau.
- shareware from share and software - see "freeware" above
- soundscape from sound and landscape - comes from "sound" + "-scape" suffix
- squiggle from squirm and wiggle - dubious etymology
- sitcom from situation and comedy - dubious: combines initial syllables
- sysop from system and operator - dubious; combines initial syllables
- terrist from Terra and terrorist - merely "Terra" + "-ist", by analogy with "terrorist"
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