Oh, no, I understood the oh-so-amusing jest - I just wasn't sure whether it was something I'd just made up. Particularly since Pumpkin Pie is such a very unBritish foodstuff, and is generally regarded with incredulity bordering on horror by Brits who haven't actually tasted it - so I'd pretty much assumed it was made up by American fanbrats. Who wouldn't neccesarily go with HMS.
...but, no, apparently I didn't make it up. I'm still boggling over some of the other mad-as-fuck names that a quick Google has led me to. They include
Guns and Handcuffs, Wotcher Wolvie
and
The Government Stole My Toad.
...there is, I grant, a certain charm to this. It's less inelegant than portmanteax. (Other than Clex. And Kock. I have high hopes that the
Star Trek
movie is going to bring 'Kock' or at least 'Spork' into actual usage.)
eta
link.
The one portmanteaux name that I like is
Foreteen, for Foreman/Thirteen on House.
(edited, because I can't remember what the current-season policy is in here.)
I can't help but approve of the portmanteau for Pepper Potts and Tony Stark, which is Pepperony.
Pepperony
Okay, that one made me snort beer.
I'm still fond of Spike/Fred. (Spred.)
I mean, that one cracked me up enough that I made it an archive.
Ok, Fay...if that's true, you're funny. Fandom being what it is though, I never am sure what's serious.
Pumpkin pie kind of puzzles me too, actually. Though I've tried a few times, trying to be a loyal American and etc.
Still would rather have cheesecake and cherries or something.
The Government Stole My Toad
I want to start a band and name it this. We'll do covers of Toad the Wet Sprocket songs remixed as Sousa marches.
Are they all puns or some such? I'm still not getting "Pumpkin Pie". I don't get "Guns and Handcuffs" either unless it's because that's the only way that pairing would actually happen.
There is nothing to get, afaik. There is no cunning wordplay. It's just a phrase that's supposed to be a codeword for a given pairing. I think that some of them derive from specific fics, from what the Wikipedia said, but no, I don't think there's a particular schemata in action.
