...telling her that it meant two words, " lithe " and " slimy." " You see," said Humpty Dumpty, " it's like a portmanteau ; there are two meanings packed up into one word." Now we find that the old painters often packed up several pictures into one big one, and this picture...

...see -x). For p. word the OED quotes from Through the Looking-glass ' Well, " slithy " means " lithe & slimy "... You see it 's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word '. portray. For inflexions see VERBS IN -IE &<-., 1. portress. FEMININE DESIGNATIONS. Portuguese, n.,...

...'slithy'?" „Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy." 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." „I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully: „and what are 'toves'?" „Well, 'toves' are something...

...Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty thus explained to Alice his use of slithy (lithe and slimy): "You see, it's like a portman-teau . . . there are two meanings packed up into one word." Lewis Carroll coined many centaur words, but only chortle (chuckle and snort) and squawk (squall and...

...all the time: "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word" (271). n Humpty's phenomenon, the semantic portmanteau, has profound implications. Not only is it the...

..."And slithy?" "Well, slithy means 'lithe arid slimy. 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see, it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." "I see it now." Alice remarked thoughtfully. "And what are tores?* "Well, tores are something like...

.... . . " Well, ' slithy ' means ' lithe and slimy.' ' Lithe ' is the same as ' active.' You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word. " I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully: " and what are 'toves'i" " Well, ' toves ' are something...

...carefully, as he is aware of the existence of portmanteau words, with hidden meanings: «"You see it's like a portmanteau, there are two meanings packed up into one word"». And Carroll agrees with us and comments: Humpty Dumpty's theory of two meanings packed up into one word...

...(this last designation comes from a line in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass: "You see it's like a portmanteau . . . there are two meanings packed up into one word" ) . Well, not many youngsters these days know what a portmanteau is. Moreover, a characteristic of...

...metanotions ending on ETY have an empty production. { Well, 'slithy'means 'lithe and slimy'. ... You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word. Through the looking-glass, Lewis Carrol.} Just reading aloud certain lines of the syntax, slightly...