Mmm...turducken, by jeffreyw
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We here at Wordnik love Franken-words, also known as portmanteaus or word blends.
Last year our Thanksgiving word of the day was turducken, a literal and linguistic blend of a turkey, duck, and chicken. In our Thanksgiving post, we wrote about tofurkey, turbaconducken (a turducken wrapped in bacon), and the cherpumple, “a three-layer cake with an entire pie baked into each layer—a cherry pie baked inside a white cake, a pumpkin pie baked inside a yellow cake and an apple pie baked inside a spice cake.”
In celebration of these turducken words, we want you to create a new Thanksgiving-related portmanteau. It could be a (horrific) new food, a feeling, or a phenomenon. The only rules are that they combine two or more words, and that they have to do with turkey-day.
Tweet your turducken words with the hashtag #turkeyword. You can enter as many times as you like. The contest will run from through the weekend. On Monday, November 19, we’ll announce our favorites, the runners-up, and the big winner. Prizes await!
Get word-cooking!
I am not a native speaker and when I saw the portmanteau turducken, I am afraid the word that jumped out at me was turd. Does it have the same effect on native speakers?
I think it probably does, Francesca, perhaps on an unconscious level. 🙂