What are the greatest hits of bad portmanteaux? Come on, do your worst.
We can assemble the whole list, as well as links to Portmanteau Kerfuffles # 1001, 1425, and 33,548 and send them to Thompson.
And ask him to use the word "kerfuffle" next time.
Jayne: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: Wacky fun.
'Objects In Space'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Nutty - Feb 06, 2006 11:51:48 am PST #1786 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dana - Feb 06, 2006 11:58:38 am PST #1787 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's hard to top Spuffy and LoVe. I'm not particularly fond of any of the McKay/anyone ones, like McShep, McBeckett, etc. And I may have hallucinated this, but I think I saw people calling Sheppard/Weir "Shweir."
Sophia Brooks - Feb 06, 2006 12:02:42 pm PST #1788 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I do have to say that I find the portmanteau's a little bit easier to decipher than the Roswell Designations (Candy, etc), but perhaps because I just started reading Roswell last year and so wasn't around when they were created.
Also, every time I see LoVe (which is a lot because I am devouring that fandom now) I get the title theme to The Love Boat stuck in my head!
brenda m - Feb 06, 2006 12:08:01 pm PST #1789 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
McShep,
See, that works for me because it seems more like just a shorthand and less like trying to create a cute new word. Those are the ones that get me.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 12:09:17 pm PST #1790 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is Spuffy cute or shorthand (or both)?
Vonnie K - Feb 06, 2006 12:10:04 pm PST #1791 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh, where to start...
Grace/Luke (JoA) = Gruke
Clark/Whitney (SV) = Clitney (oh, I only wished I were kidding)
Draco/Hermione (HP) = Dramione
Burke/Cristina (GA) = Burketina
Sark/Sydney (Alias) = Sarkney
And that's just off the top of my head.
Dana - Feb 06, 2006 12:12:37 pm PST #1792 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, god, I forgot about Sarkney.
As far as those other ones go, I think you maybe venture a little far afield in search of fic. I'm just saying.
Spangel. Spander. Sparrington.
brenda m - Feb 06, 2006 12:12:38 pm PST #1793 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Is Spuffy cute or shorthand (or both)?
I'd call it cutesy.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 12:13:08 pm PST #1794 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But Clitney has no clit!
And Burketina should be Burkina.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 12:14:20 pm PST #1795 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd call it cutesy.
And not shorthand? It doesn't look to me like it's reaching (Bike is just dumb, and using double first syllables is illegible). It just ended up cute. But so is Buffy, really.