Term for new or inappropriate phrases that appear when you remove the spaces between words?

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I'm looking for a term, if it exists at all, that describes a new word or phrase that appears when you remove the spaces from a phrase.

Lots of websites have fallen into this trap, for example:

Old Man's Haven —> oldmanshaven.com

Who Represents —> whorepresents.com

asked Aug 21, 2018 at 22:09

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Some may be intentional, some not. Pen Island: intentional. PowerGen Italia: accidental. Never heard of a term for it, though.
– Jim Mack
Aug 21, 2018 at 22:25
Originally, Experts-Exchange.com did not have a hyphen in their URL. But I don't have a name for it either.
– Roger Sinasohn
Aug 21, 2018 at 23:10
Polysemic compounds, of course.
– Kris
Aug 22, 2018 at 8:01
See also Linguistics
– Kris
Aug 22, 2018 at 8:01
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Possible duplicate of Term for a word that is unintentionally made up of two or more other words?
– Laurel ♦
Oct 24, 2018 at 3:52

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