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What are some uncommon but valid portmanteau words that people use?

Example: Turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken or hen. People outside US are not familiar with this.

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Here are a few that have entries in the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary:

advertorial (advertisement + editorial)
agitprop (agitation + propaganda) [originally from Russian]
alphanumeric (alphabetic + numeric)
avionics (aviation + electronics)
beefalo (beef + buffalo)
biopic (biographical + motion picture)
bit (binary + digit)
blaxploitation (blacks + exploitation)
Bollywood (Bombay + Hollywood)
brunch (breakfast + lunch)
cablecast (cable + broadcast)
carjack (car + hijack)
chortle (chuckle + snort)
cineplex (cimena + complex)
codec (coder + decoder)
digerati (digital + literati)
docudrama (documentary + drama)
dramedy (drama + comedy)
ebonics (ebony + phonics)
edutainment (education + entertainment)
emoticon (emotion + icon)
fantabulous (fantastic + fabulous)
franglais (français + anglais) [french][french]
Frankenfood (Frankenstein + food)
freeware (free + software)
frenemy (friend + enemy)
gaydar (gay + radar)
ginormous (gigantic + enormous)
guesstimate (guess + estimate)
infomercial (information + commercial)
infotainment (information + entertainment)
liger (lion + tiger)
malware (malicious + software)
meld, meaning merge or blend (melt + weld)
mockumentary (mock + documentary)
modem (modulator + demodulator)
moped (motor + pedal)
motel (motor + hotel)
napalm (naphthene + palmitate)
netizen (net + citizen)
newscast (news + broadcast)
pixel (picture + element)
radome (radar + dome)
redox (reduction + oxidation)
shareware (share + software)
simulcast (simultaneous + broadcast)
sitcom (situation + comedy)
skort (skirt + shorts)
skyjack (sky + hijack)
smog (smoke + fog)
soundscape (sound + landscape)
Spanglish (Spanish + English)
squiggle (squirm + wriggle)
stagflation (stagnation + inflation)
sysop (system + operator)
tangelo (tangerine + pomelo)
televangelist (television + evangelist)
thermistor (thermal + resistor)
tigon (tiger + lion)
transceiver (transmitter + receiver)
transponder (transmitter + responder)
vlog (video + blog)
voxel (volume + pixel)
webisode (web + episode)

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