{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Portmanteau Words (Blend Words) (54)","description":"Dave Shepherd and Howard Chang respond to voicemail from Paul of The PK and J Show, who has a word-usage question about 'beside' and 'besides.' (1:53)\r\n\r\nDave and Howard discuss the formation of blend words, popularly known as 'portmanteau words,' and their effect on language change. (5:06)\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat are 'good' (effective) and 'bad' (non-effective) blends? (8:20)\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from by 'Stitch Together' by Adam Boucher (14:39)\r\n\r\n\r\nBlends that promote convenience and utility of of speech (15:05)\r\n\r\n\r\nClips and clip-blends (21:33)\r\n\r\n\r\nSong: 'Brunching Britney and the Homeboy,' by PC Mu\u00f1oz (24:40)\r\n\r\n\r\nBlend words from advertising and marketing (29:00)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRude word of the week: 'shart' (31:11)\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from  'Court of Greedy Kings' by Val Davis (32:46)\r\n\r\n\r\nWhimsical blends and awkward, forced blends (33:03)\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network \r\n\r\n\r\nTheme music by Kick the Cat\r\n\r\n\r\nClosing music from 'Grapes' by Evan Stone\r\n\r\n\r\ntime: 38:11 \r\nsize: 26.3 Mb\r\n\r\n\r\nrating: PG (We manage to define our Rude Word without being rude at all.)\r\n\r\n\r\nCategories: language, linguistics\r\n","author_name":"The Word Nerds Archive","author_url":"http:\/\/thewordnerds.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/1421878\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/1421878"}