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Portmanteau seems to apply in cases like:

  • Phablet - Bigger than a smart phone, smaller than a tablet.
  • Smog - Smoke and fog.
  • Vlog - Video and blog.

There must be another word for things that have a more phonetic feel:

  • Shizzle - recently added to the OED, which sort of feels like sure with fizzle in it?

Or for a word that has one letter replaced by another letter or letters, but where the pronunciation stays the same:

  • Comix - Web comics?

The question

Portmanteau seems to apply in cases like:

  • Phablet - Bigger than a smart phone, smaller than a tablet.
  • Smog - Smoke and fog.
  • Vlog - Video and blog.

There must be another word for things that have a more phonetic feel:

  • Shizzle - recently added to the OED, which sort of feels like sure with fizzle in it?

Or for word that has one letter replaced by another letter or letters, but where the pronunciation stays the same:

  • Comix - Web comics?

The question

Portmanteau seems to apply in cases like:

  • Phablet - Bigger than a smart phone, smaller than a tablet.
  • Smog - Smoke and fog.
  • Vlog - Video and blog.

There must be another word for things that have a more phonetic feel:

  • Shizzle - recently added to the OED, which sort of feels like sure with fizzle in it?

Or for a word that has one letter replaced by another letter or letters, but where the pronunciation stays the same:

  • Comix - Web comics?
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What is the word and/or process used to describe mashing two words together or inserting phonetic sounds to create new written words?

The question

Portmanteau seems to apply in cases like:

  • Phablet - Bigger than a smart phone, smaller than a tablet.
  • Smog - Smoke and fog.
  • Vlog - Video and blog.

There must be another word for things that have a more phonetic feel:

  • Shizzle - recently added to the OED, which sort of feels like sure with fizzle in it?

Or for word that has one letter replaced by another letter or letters, but where the pronunciation stays the same:

  • Comix - Web comics?