McYikes!

McYikes!: The unpleasant experience of finding a venomous creature (such as a scorpion or other arachnid) in ones fast-food meal.

Reference: (CBSNews.com) McScorpion.

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Maleb

Maleb: The portmanteau of malware and celebrity. A particular type of malware of which we were unaware - usually found by searching celbrity information on the net.

Refs: Jessica Biel ‘most dangerous’ celeb search name , Malware and Celebrity.

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Tobaccine

Tobaccine: The obvious portmanteau of tobacco and vaccine. The production of/or biological material via plant synthesis to produce a new vaccine.

Reference(s): Tobacco Plants Yield First Vaccine For Dreaded 'Cruise Ship Virus', Norovirus, Tobacco and Vaccine.

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Nukeit Bang or Nuke-Away

Nukeit Bang / Nuke-Away: The conceptual collision of a common cleanser with nuclear cleanup and removal/remediation.

Reference(s): How something under your sink is helping clean up a nuclear plant and Cillit Bang.

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Optomagnetics or Optomagnetism

Optomagnetics / Optomagnetism: The obvious portmanteau of optics and magnetics. The rather obvious though not well known emerging branch of science studying the magnetic-producing effects of light on certain material(s).

Reference(s): Let There Be Light: Teaching Magnets To Do More Than Just Stick Around,
Optomagnetic composite medium with conducting nanoelements and Quantum dot.

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Mama Nostra or Nanna Nostra

Mama Nostra / Nanna Nostra: The inadvertent portmanteaus of Cosa Nostra and Mama and Nanna. With reference/representation to the inadvertent takeover of the infamous organization by godmothers (not the fairy godmother type...). We know that we've changed the meaning from "our family" to Mom's family and Grandma's family...

Reference(s): Godmothers rise among Naples crime syndicate, Cosa Nostra, Mama and Nanna.

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Twogger

Twogger: Not to be confused with Twog. (1) The conceptual collision of Twitter and dog. A community service that provides service dogs to those with autism. (2) An imaginary service where you can tweet your dog.

Reference: Schools fight families over autism service dogs, autism and service dog.

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Vigeo

Vigeo: The portmanteau of video and page. Viewable video comes to the printed page.

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Reference: 'Harry Potter' video technology comes to US magazines and Video screens hit paper magazines.

Revised/Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009






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Snorce or Tuce

Snorce / Tuce: The portmanteaus of Snorkeling and Tube with rice. A new type of rice plant that grows rapidly underwater.

Reference(s): Snorkel rice could feed millions and Snorkeling.

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Deadbook or Gravebook

Deadbook / Gravebook: The very tragic and unfortunate portmanteau of Facebook and...well...dead, death and/or grave. The posting of images on Facebook or some other social networking site by the authorities for purposes of identifying the unidentified dead and bringing those involved to justice.

Reference(s): Detectives Get Court Order to Post Facebook Page of Dead Girl and Facebook.

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