portmanteau, handover, chaordic, Olympic/ Paralympic Games, permaculture,

The word permaculture, coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture as well as permanent culture. Through a series of publications, Mollison, Holmgren and their associates documented an approach to designing human settlements, in particular the development of perennial agricultural systems that mimic the structure and interrelationship found in natural ecologies.


Paralympic Athletes Add Equality to Their Goals 
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Many Paralympians criticize the U.S. Olympic program for giving them fewer benefits than Olympians receive.



The first major events for London 2012 are at the Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

At each of these events is a ceremony to mark the official 'handover' of the Games to the next Host City.

In the ceremony, a Flag is passed from the Mayor of Beijing to the Mayor of London. This is followed by a short performance inviting the world to London for the 2012 Games.

2007  He sat among the great philosophers and the novelists of Western life like Steinbeck and Stegner and dreamed up a word for what Visa is: “chaordic” — complex systems that blend order and chaos. ([台灣有翻譯本 台北:大塊)

The portmanteau chaordic is used in some philosophies to refer to a system that is simultaneously chaotic and ordered. The term was coined by Dee Hock.

The mix of chaos and order is typically described as a harmonious coexistence displaying characteristics of both, with neither chaotic nor ordered behavior dominating. Some people hold that nature is largely organized in such a manner; in particular, living organisms and the evolutionary process by which they arose are often described by adherents to such a philosophy as chaordic in nature. Chaordic systems have also been proposed as a possible approach to consensus decision-making that would be neither hierarchical nor anarchic.

Paralympic

The name derives from the Greek "para" ("beside" or "alongside") and thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games. No relation with paralysis or paraplegia is intended, however, the word Paralympic was originally a portmanteau combining 'paraplegic' and 'Olympic'. [1]

Wikipedia article "Paralympic Games". 
殘障奧林匹克運動會（Paralympic Games，又稱帕拉林匹克運動會，簡稱殘奧會或帕運會）。

handover Show phonetics
noun [U]
the giving of control of or responsibility for something to someone else:
The United Nations is to supervise the handover of the prisoners of war.

See also hand over.

"I believe that people are like portmanteaux - packed with certain things, started going, thrown about, tossed away, dumped down, lost and found, half emptied suddenly, or squeezed fatter than ever, until finally the Ultimate Porter swings them on to the Ultimate Train and away they rattle..."

— Katherine Mansfield, "Je ne parle pas français," from STORIES

portmanteau (GENERAL)
adjective [before noun]
consisting of a wide range of items that are considered as a single item:
The Official Secrets Act was described as a piece of portmanteau legislation, covering everything from nuclear weapons to army boots.portmanteau (BAG)  [C] plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux OLD-FASHIONED
a large case for carrying clothes while travelling, especially one which opens out into two parts

Computer Encyclopedia: portmanteau word

A word made up of two words; for example, "vlog" is derived from "video" and "log."
Pronounced "port-man-tow," this French word refers to a two-compartment traveling bag.
In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass," portmanteau was used as a metaphor for "containing two words."
Wikipedia article "Portmanteau".

張華 "這種造字法Lewis Carroll 稱為portmanteau word.

"A portmanteau word or a blend is a word made by putting together parts of other words."

bagonize=baggage+agonize

smirting=smoking + flirting"

rl："portmanteau = porter （穿／披）+ manteau（大衣／風衣）"

portmanteau 

Pronunciation: /pɔːtˈmantəʊ/ 

NOUN (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux /pɔːtˈmantəʊz/)

1A large travelling bag, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.

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2(also portmanteau word)A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch:podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcasta portmanteau word combining smoke and fog

Coined in this sense by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

Humpty Dumpty | Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

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Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll: Humpty Dumpty. ... You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.' 'I see it  ...

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2.1[AS MODIFIER] Consisting of or combining two or more aspects or qualities:a portmanteau movie composed of excerpts from his most famous films

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Origin

Mid 16th century: from French portemanteau, from porter 'carry' + manteau 'mantle'.

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━━ n. （pl. ～s, ～x ） 大型旅行かばん ((両開き式)).
portmanteau word　【言】かばん語 ((brunch (<breakfast＋lunch)など)).