Talk:List of portmanteaus/Exclusions

This is list of identified non-portmanteaus that have been excluded from List_of_portmanteaus:


 * alphabet from alpha and beta - is an adoption from Greek, and the Greek word was not a portmanteau
 * Britcom from British and comedy, by analogy with sitcom (see below) - dubious: combines initial syllables
 * Compaq from computer, pack, and compact (to denote a small integral object) - stretches definition of a portmanteau
 * Debian from founder Ian Murdock and his wife Debra - does not conform to definition of a portmanteau: combines initial syllables
 * Edexcel from educational and excellence - does not conform to definition of a portmanteau: combines initial syllables
 * freeware from free and software - just "free" + "-ware", by analogy with "software"; the same goes for "wetware", "shareware", etc.
 * Javanoid from Java and Arkanoid is a free Java-base web game.
 * knowledgebase from knowledge and database - just "knowledge" + "base", in the same way that "database" is "data" + "base"
 * Limon from  lime + lemon - this is an english bastardization of the Spanish'' word for lemon (which is limón), not a portmanteau.


 * shareware from share and software - see "freeware" above
 * soundscape from sound and landscape - comes from "sound" + "-scape" suffix
 * squiggle from squirm and wiggle - dubious etymology
 * sitcom from situation and comedy - dubious: combines initial syllables
 * sysop from system and operator - dubious; combines initial syllables
 * terrist from Terra and terrorist - merely "Terra" + "-ist", by analogy with "terrorist"