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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by knicholes on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:18AM (#27984058)
Contraction or portmanteau?
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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by pygy_ on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:33PM (#27987710)
Contraction :

A portmanteau word is similar to a contraction, but contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a single concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

"Motel" and "fog" are portmanteaus, because you wouldn't put "motor hotel" or "smoke fog" in sentences that accept the accretions, whereas you could swap "prion" for "protein infection".

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by JohnBooty on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:50PM (#27988872)
typo -

    "Motel" and "fog" are portmanteaus, because you 
    wouldn't put "motor hotel" or "smoke fog"
s/b

    "Motel" and "smog" are portmanteaus, because you 
    wouldn't put "motor hotel" or "smoke fog"
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