Well, the slim barrier between work and break has finally slipped, so it’s time to get things back on task here, too.  But that can wait until tomorrow, I think.  In the meantime, here are two recent Frazz comics that bring a fun linguistic device to the forefront.  First:

And then:

You don’t really think about portmanteaus all that often, really.  This is a fun way to bring it up.

(images from gocomics.com)