Tech Age Portmanteaus Game

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I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett, and it’s time once again for our quiz with our quiz guy, John Chonisky.

Hello, John.

Hello, Grant. Hello, Martha.

What’s up, buddy?

I’m back.

I’ve got a puzzle for you guys today.

You know, maybe I go to the portmanteau well a little too often, but I don’t care.

I like them.

They’re new words that deliver twice as much information than the words that are combined to make them.

Right.

Right.

And speaking of information, in this information age, we have so many more new portmanteaus that I’ve made up.

The following portmanteaus combine a popular website with another word.

I’ll give you a clue as to how the word is used.

For example, if I spend hours buying books online, I might end up so tired that I’m almost unconscious.

That would make me Amazonct.

Amazonct.

Amazonct.

Amazonct, right.

Get it now?

Yeah.

Sort of.

Good.

I was going to say Amazon conscious, but I guess not.

No, that’s not bad.

Amazon conscious.

I would say Amazon doubt.

Ooh, even better.

We’ve got three new ones right there.

There you go.

We’ll share the profits from the copyright of Portmanteau.

Now, bear in mind, many of these, if not all of them, are phonetic.

So if they’re writing, the letters don’t work out, don’t worry about it.

These are phonetic.

Here’s the first one.

I’ve bought so many things online using an electronic reimbursement system that my heart is beating faster than usual.

I’m having…

Pay palpitations.

Pay palpitations, yes.

Boy, I’m getting better, though.

Here we go.

Number two.

When I gamble, I do so illegally via an associate of mine on social media.

He’s my…

Bookie.

That’s part of it.

Bookie.

Is it book something?

Social media.

Book Facebook?

Facebook-y?

Facebook-y.

Oh, okay.

Facebook-y.

Should not have taken us that long to get to that one.

You worked it out.

That was great.

When you’re performing a comprehensive search for something on the internet, be careful not to believe every single result you find.

That’s just being…

Goo-gullible.

Goo-gullible.

Goo-gullible.

Very nice.

That one I think we should use.

If you use another popular web search site, you have to be careful of all the gangs of violent troublemakers.

Yeah, who will they?

We call them.

Yes, yal-hooligans.

Hey, you know, my friends and I saw those excellent videos of Grant Barrett surfing that he posted online.

All the glue foots and wahinis and groms think that those are totally…

You-tubular.

Yes, you-tubular.

I was thinking Netflix of war.

And nice work, Grant.

Gnarly.

Hang in ten.

That’s great.

Right.

After looking through the thousands of local online classified ads for apartments, jobs, services, personals, I’m left feeling rather low on energy and enthusiasm.

I’m very…

Craigslistless.

Craigslistless.

Craigslistless, yes.

I sell a lot of stuff on an auction site, but I only sell items within my own personal area of expertise and interest.

That’s my…

E-Baileywick.

Yes, my E-Baileywick.

Now, sometimes, rarely, I leave the house.

Last night I went to a restaurant and shared a meal with my entire network of professional acquaintances.

We called it our…

Linked Indian food?

I was going to say.

Well, more general than specifically Indian.

Linked dinner.

Linked dinner, yes.

Linked dinner.

Nicely done.

But we can see what Grant likes to eat when he goes out with his Linked Indian food.

I call those USB portmanteaus.

Very nice, John.

DVD drive me crazy.

Is that the end of it?

That’s the end of it.

Congratulations.

Thanks, buddy.

You did great.

We’ll talk to you next week.

Take care.

See you next week.

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