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Re:The word "bit" is a portmanteau word for Binary digIT by quorn3000 on Sunday May 13, 2012 @05:14PM (#3968346)
It's a contraction. Yes, I've read the wikipedia definition of portmanteau, and I still think bit isn't a portmanteau.

Obligatory http://xkcd.com/739/

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