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Q: What are some words formed by combining together parts of other words?

A: Such words are called "Portmanteau" words.  Here is a very incomplete list:

 anecdotage	anecdote, dotage
 beefalo	beef, buffalo
 bohunk		Bohemian, Hungarian
 brunch		breakfast, lunch
 bumble		bungle, stumble
 chortle	chuckle, snort
 escalator	escalade, elevator
 fantabulous	fantastic, fabulous
 flabbergast	flabby, aghast
 flare		flame, glare
 flounder	flounce, founder
 gainsay	against, say
 gerrymander	Gerry (Massachusetts governor), salamander
 glimmer	gleam, shimmer
 glitz		glamour, ritz
 glob		globe, blob
 hassle		haggle, tussle
 insinuendo	insinuation, innuendo
 jamboree	jam, soiree
 liger		lion, tiger
 motel		motor, hotel
 smash		smack, mash
 smaze		smoke, haze
 smog		smoke, fog
 squawk		squall, squeak
 squiggle	squirm, wiggle
 tangelo	tangerine, pomelo
 tigon		tiger, lion
 Weejun		Norwegian, Injun

Unless noted otherwise, all words occur in Webster's Third New International
Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, 1961.
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