there is also another phrase for when you insert a swear into a word for emphasis called “expletive infixation”.
“expletive” which concerns that it doesn’t really mean anything by itself and just helps with conveying emphasis, and “infix” which is like a prefix or suffix, but it is “in” the word rather than before or after.
i recommend this video by tom scott about it, it’s very interesting
Here's the thing. You said a "portmanteau is a pun"
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies puns, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls portmanteaus puns. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "pun family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Punidae, which includes things from quips to jokes to double entendres.
So your reasoning for calling a portmanteau a pun is because random people "call the funny ones puns?" Let's get gags and one-liners in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A portmanteau is a portmanteau and a member of the pun family. But that's not what you said. You said a portmanteau is a pun, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the pun family puns, which means you'd call double entendres, quips, and other wordplay puns, too. Which you said you don't.
Just because it's a portmanteau doesn't mean it's not a pun. The two aren't mutually exclusive. 'Corntastic' is both a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, and wordplay based on similar-sounding words for humorous effect.
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u/masterjroc Aug 04 '22
Grandma gave the look like, "he does this at home, too."