Stephen Colbert continues to assert himself into culture at large. I was looking at Wikipedia’s entry for portmanteau word when I noticed this paragraph:
Recently many magazines and television programs such as US Weekly, People Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood use portmanteaux of the names of celebrity couples. The original was “Bennifer” (originally for Ben [...]

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Gotta take a break from this report I’m writing.
I made up a new usage for the word tarp a few posts ago, so now I’m taking the liberty to invent a new literary term: the “Bunnell Poem.”
A Bunnell Poem is a poem written on the topic of a criminal or criminals who have attempted to [...]

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I work in an English department, so I figure I have the right to make up new words.
Before the skies unleashed hell on us at the campsite this past weekend, Jeff Ringer and I had an unusual experience. A bear and her cubs had wandered into the campground and climbed a tree, and the park [...]

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