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When [[Shipping]] a pair of characters, fans often combine the characters' names into a [[Portmanteau]] word. They then use this word to refer to the couple as a unit. [[CamelCase]] is optional.

For less obvious variations, see [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming]]. Portmanteau Couple Names may also come in handy if the couple performs a [[Fusion Dance]] and ''literally'' becomes a single being.

 

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** One term coined by members of the Mai Universe forum is "Haruzuke" for Haruka/Shizuru. The "-zuke" is short for ''bubuzuke'', an insulting nickname given by Haruka to Shizuru early in the series.

* Another everything-under-the-sun example: the ''[[Digimon]]'' fandom. [[Official Couple|Canon examples]] include Sorato (Sora/Yamato), Kenyako (Ken/Miyako(Yolei)), and Jukato (Jeri/Takato). Non-canon examples would take up three pages of tiny text, and that's before you start on the Digimon themselves...

** This is only for the ''English'' fandom. The Japanese fandom uses that language's convention (see below about the ''Naruto'' fandom), which often "bleeds" into English (i.e. Daiken).

** Minami/Yutaka = [[wikipedia:Delta Orionis|Mintaka]]. Also adds to [[Geeky Turn On|gamer cred]] as it's likely more writers would know the name from the [[Stellar Name|theme naming]] in ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' than from actual astronomy.

** In-universe example: [[Genshiken/Characters|Ogiue]], in the [[Necktie Leash]] episode, begins thinking about the details of "Sasa-Mada", in her own words.

* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' is quite fond of this, in particular ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', where the fans who like yaoi generally support the pairing of Coco and Nuts, known as... Coconuts (sometimes just Coconut).

*** How about SasuSaso or [[Crack Pairing|SasoSasu?]] Say it quickly. [[For the Lulz|It's fun!]]

** How about SuiKa (Suigetsu/Karin)? Suika is the Japanese word for watermelon, so expect to see a lot of them in pairing [[Fan Art]].

** Also Lancock for Luffy/Hancock, Frobin for Franky/Robin, and the ever confusing (for capitalization issues) ZoRo for Zoro/Robin.

** For the other side of the [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|shipping war]], YuuNoha (Yuuno/Nanoha).

** Also, ViviEin for Vivio/Einhart. Subaru/Teana is trickier: SuAna or SubaTea.

** Zarf, for the canine familiar duo (Arf and Zafira).

** And for the yaoi fans, there's Suzalulu aka Suzaku/Lelouch.

** Suzaku/Euphemia is SuzaEuphie.

* ''Gundam Seed''' and ''Gundam Seed Destiny'' have several examples. Asucaga (Athrun/Cagalli) and Asumey (Athrun/Meyrin) are probably the two most well known.

* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' fandom brings us Yukiru (Yuki/Tohru), Kyoru (Kyou/Tohru) and AkiGure or GureAki (Akito/Shigure), amongst others.

** Averted with Satou/Takagi, which, despite being the most important pairing not involving the main character, has no generally recognized abbreviation.

** The two of the most popular DCMK yaoi pairings are KaiShin (Kaito/Shinichi) and HakuKai (Hakuba/Kaito).

** There are also some portmanteaus based on the Japanese names for the countries/characters: Giripan (Greece/Japan - the all-Japanese portmanteau would actually be "Girihon", but "Giripan" was the one that caught on with the English fandom), RoChu (Russia/China), NiChu (Japan/China), Niwan (Japan/Taiwan).

** One case worth mentioning is Belarus/Russia. If you take the common view that Belarus tops Russia, the most obvious portmanteau of their names would be... BelaRus. Brings a whole new meaning to Belarus wanting her brother to become one with her, doesn't it? Then again, her name literally means "White Russia", so...

* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has the couples MiTama (Miaka/Tamahome), MiHoto (Miaka/Hotohori), MiTas (Miaka/Tasuki), among others.

** {{spoiler|1=HotoHouki (Hotohori/Houki)}}. Just had to throw that in because it sounds pretty cool.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has KonoSetsu ([[The Medic|Konoka]]/[[Samurai|Setsuna]]) for the resident [[Les Yay]] couple.

** "KonoSetsu" is even used one of the [[Audio Adaptation|official drama cds]], when Konoka and Setsuna [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-rNKfXCJ8U try to do a radio show].

* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' has [[Official Couple]] SyaoSaku (Syaoran/Sakura) and [[Yaoi Fangirl|(yaoi)]] fans' beloved KuroFai (Kurogane/Fai).

* ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'' has the [[Boys Love]] example of Yuuram, after the [[Ordinary High School Student|main]] [[The Messiah|character]] ('''Yuu'''ri) and his [[Tsundere|un]][[Hot-Blooded|predictable]], [[Crazy Jealous Guy|enthusiastic]] [[Accidental Marriage|fiancée]] (Wolf'''ram'''). This name actually gets featured in-universe with Greta naming one of her [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|pets]] Yuuram, after the [[Has Two Mommies|two daddies]] who adopted her, as well as it being the title of an episode.

* The ''[[Kobato.]]'' fandom has Fujibato (Fujimoto/Kobato).

* Averted in ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]''. No matter how you put it, Tooya/Aya will end up with either "Aya" or "Tooya", and any possible nickname for the Yuuhi/Aya ship just sounds too weird.

* ''Inuyasha'' has one for every pairing you could care to name: InuKag, InuKik, MirSan, SessKag, SessRin, etc.

* For the fandom of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', most prefer to use the number system to represent the pairings (such as [[Ho Yay|Byakuran/Mukuro]] being 10069, but some do use name combos ([[Ho Yay|YamaGoku, RyoHiba, and SupaTuna]] are some examples - although even those are commonly referred to as 8059, 3318, and 4827 instead).

* The ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' fandom uses TsuSoka ([[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Tsuzuki]]/[[The Empath|Hisoka]]) and TaTari ([[Right-Hand Hottie|Tatsumi]]/[[Mad Scientist|Watari]]), among others.

* From ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Yoiharu for Yoite/Miharu, Raigau for Raikou/Gau, and Koumei for Koichi/Raimei.

* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' fandom uses LaviYuu (Lavi/Kanda), Yullen (Allen/Kanda), KanLina (Kanda/Lenalee) and sometimes Laven (Lavi/Allen).

* ''Dragonball'' has several of these; it helps that Portmanteau names are ''canon'' when charcters merge via [[Fusion Dance]], so it's an easy jump for the fandom. The most popular names are probably Truten (Trunks/Goten; compare to their Fusion Dance form of Gotenks) and Truhan (Future Trunks/Gohan).

** Interestingly, {{spoiler|1=once Madoka [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|effectively becomes a god]], some fans have decided to switch the first portmanteau to MadoHomu.}}

 

* Fan-favorite '80s C-list superheroes [[Booster Gold]] and [[Blue Beetle]]: Boostle.

** And now, Beevil ([[Blue Beetle]]/Red Devil).

** No love for the Logan/Remy pairing, Lomy?

*** Some fans refer to the Rogue/Gambit pairing as Romy.

** [[X Factor|Ricstar]] seems to be the happy exception to the rule. It even has [[Peter David]]'s blessing, who stated that it sounded much better than RicShat. It does.

** There has been...[[Ship-to-Ship Combat|difficulty]] on comic message boards between fans of Kiotr (Kitty Pryde/Piotr Rasputin) and Kete (Kitty/Pete Wisdom)

** Helix has been a term that has been thrown around to describe Hellion/X-23.

** Huh? How come no one has thought of Cablepool? Or even Nade or Wate?

*** Deadpool seems to be a fan of [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bdQdS-kzyI4/TU8f9-EcWhI/AAAAAAAACks/j3tDL1PlvQw/s1600/Deadpool+%2526+Cable+Pouches.jpg Cablepool], Though in a slightly different context...

* [[Green Arrow]] and [[Black Canary]]: Dinahver Quance.

* Francophone [[Tintin]] fans collectively refer to Dupond & Dupont (Thompson and Thomson) as "les Dupondt".

 

 

== Films ==

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' has Willabeth (Will/Elizabeth), Sparrabeth (Jack/Elizabeth), Barbossabeth(Barbossa/Elizabeth) Sparrington (Norrington/Jack), and Turrow (Jack/Will).

** There's a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2130627/1/Behind_Brown_Eyes fanfic] out there that refers to Will/Jack as "a Blirate" (blacksmith/pirate). If Jack was shipped with Will ''and'' Elizabeth, would that make him a [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Birate]]?

* The Violet/Tony pairing in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' is most commonly known as "Viony". There's also the really screwed up Synlet which is, you guessed it, Syndrome and Violet.

* Another Pixar example: [[WALL-E]] and EVE are sometimes referred to as "WEVE".

* In the [[The Bourne Series|Bourne]] movie fandom, there's "Nicson" for Jason Bourne and Nicky Parsons.

* ''[[Rango]]'': The pairing of the title character with Rattlesnake Jake has been dubbed "Rake". [[The Decemberists|Some have pointed out the unfortunately appropriate song connotations]].

 

== Literature ==

** Wait a minute. [[Pokémon|SSHG?]]

** "Heron" is usually taken as an insult by Ron/Hermione shippers, as it was coined by Harry/Hermione shippers as such. Usually, the term "Good Shippers" is what Ron/Hermione shipmates call themselves. Conversely, the term "Delusional" was taken as an insult by Harry/Hermione shippers for a short time after its creation, taken from an interview with J.K. Rowling in 2005 by a Ron/Hermione shipper. However, it was turned around and is now taken as a compliment.

** [http://kaiwynn.livejournal.com/39249.html?thread=569425 ...and many, many more.]

* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' has quite a lot. Just to name a few:

** Thuke/Thaluke/Lukalia: Thalia and Luke

* There's a LJ fanfic group called [[Good Omens|Crowleyraphale]].

* [[Earth's Children|Ayla]] actually [[Narm|named her daughter Jonayla]] - a portmanteau of hers and Jondalar's names.

* Peeta/Katniss of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is a far too difficult ship to name. KatPee sounds like "cat pee", KatPeet like "cat feet", and then the most unfortunate one of all comes from putting Peeta's name first and then Katniss'... we'll let Josh Hutcherson [http://celebs.icanhascheezburger.com/category/hall-of-fame/?bow#post-114300 say it].

** Eventually they combined "The Girl Who Was On Fire" with the baker's son and got "Toast".

* The [[Inheritance Cycle]] fandom has developed a ridiculous number of these, involving almost every possible combination of characters. Some of the more popular ones include:

** Murtada - Murtagh/Nasuada

** Galbazandi - Galbatorix/Islanzadi

* For ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'', the ship names are the same as they are for the musical (Fiyeraba, Gelphie, Flinda, Foq, Gloq, Bessa, etc.), but as there are characters not included in the musical, naturally there are more. Most notably, Thrope for Tibbett/Crope and Elpharic for Elphaba/Avaric.

 

== Live Action TV ==

** And then there's the canonical but much-maligned Kenlow.

** And "Wuffara"('''W'''illow/B'''uff'''y/T'''ara''' threesome) stories.

* Scully/Mulder on ''[[The X-Files]]'' became "Sculder" or "Mully".

* [[Ho Yay|Clark/Lex]] on ''[[Smallville]]'' became "Clex". Marvel at its ease of confusion with "Chlex" (Chloe/Lex).

** Then there's Clana (Clark/Lana), Chlark (Chloe/Clark), Chlollie (Chloe/Oliver Queen), Lexana (Lex/Lana), and, bar [[Epileptic Trees]] blossoming, the [[Foregone Conclusion]] Clois (Clark/Lois).

** There's also Chlois (Chloe/Lois), even though that term also refers to [[Wild Mass Guessing|the theory]] that the person we know as "Lois" in the [[Superman]]-[[The Verse|verse]] is actually Chloe from the Smallville-[[The Verse|verse]].

* Logan/Veronica on ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' became the hilarious/adorable (delete as applicable) "LoVe." Which was probably better than Veronica/Duncan, which the fans only used their initials and came up with "VD."

* Tina/Bette on ''[[The L Word]]'' became "TiBette".

** "[[Family Guy|Hello, China? I got]] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|some]][[wikipedia:Tibet Autonomous Region|thing]] [[Family Guy|you may want, but it'll cost you!]] [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|...that's right]]. ''[[Cool and Unusual Punishment|All]]'' [[Spot of Tea|the tea]]."

** ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'': Channy (Chad Dylan Cooper/Sonny Monroe).

** ''[[Series/ANT Farm|ANT Farm]]'': Flyna (Fletcher Quimby/Chyna Parks), Folive (Fletcher Quimby/Olive Doyle).

* Portmanteau names are also sometimes used by fans of ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' to refer to the teams, without necessarily implying any shipping. This was done most humorously for Heather & Eve in the show's third season: "Heave" referred both to the team and to the reaction they tended to inspire in the show's fans. Other examples are "Momily" (Nancy & Emily, the mother/daughter team from Season 1) and "Dandrew" (Dan & Andrew, Season 13), although [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming]] is actually more common with teams.

* Many fans of ''[[Lost]]'' can be divided into "Jaters" (wanting to see Kate with Jack) and "Skaters" (Kate with Sawyer).

** Fans even have a platonic portmanteau name for the two show runners, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse: Darlton. The pair are aware of and apparently amused by this.

** The best ''[[Lost]]'' Portmanteau Couple Name has got to be "Charladay" - Charlotte Lewis and Daniel Faraday.

** Another ship which has been growing in popularity is "Suliet" (Sawyer and Juliet). And to finish off the love quadrangle, Jack + Juliet becomes... "Jacket".

** After Dr. Linus, some fans started "Belana" - Ben + Ilana.

** Another Ben pairing - Ben/Locke = "Blocke". Heck, it's better than the portmanteau used to describe {{spoiler|the Man in Black as Locke}}: Flocke.

** Just how ridiculous are ''Heroes'' shippers about this portmanteau thing? Plenty: the difference between "Claithan" (Claire/Nathan) and "Claitian" (Claire/Haitian) is a serious one. And then there's Peter Petrelli, the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]] of ''Heroes'' fandom: "Petlar" or "Pylar" (Peter/Sylar), "Paire" (Peter/Claire), "Moheter" (Peter/Mohinder), "Padam" (Peter/Adam), "Petelle" or "Pelle" (Peter/Elle), "Plaude" (Peter/Claude), and "Piro" (Peter/Hiro). Funnily enough, there isn't a smushed pairing name for Peter/Nathan ''other'' than "Petrellicest" (and really, the way this show is, that could describe any of four people). Also Kiro (Kensei/Hiro), Hando (Hiro/Ando), Eclaire (Elle/Claire), and Mocah for the [[Toy Ship]] Molly/Micah. Oh, and Madam (Mohinder/Adam) was hanging around for a while, despite the two never having met. That's not even one-fourth of all the portmanteau couple names in this fandom, mind you.

** Matt/Mohinder doesn't have its own portmanteau name, because the pairing comes as a package of three with their [[My Two Dads]]-style daughter, Molly. Thus they are M3, MMM or House of M.

** It's interesting to note that Zachary Quinto actually coined the term "Sylinder" (Sylar/Mohinder) himself when an red carpet interviewer asked him about his friendly relationship with Sendhil Ramamurthy and he joked that he'd like to do a spinoff sitcom with him with that name. Apparently he's quite aware of the ship, having talked about it frankly and amusedly at interviews and bringing it up randomly at a certain Comicon (to the screaming fangirls' delight, apparently).

** "Foreteen" (Foreman/Thirteen) was actually used ''in'' the show; House calls them that in the Season 5 episode "Unfaithful". The Spanish subtitlers for Latin America obviously don't know about ship names, because they translated this one as "Catorce" ("Fourteen"). Luckily, the name still ''kinda'' works in the sense of "Thirteen plus one".

* ''[[Chuck]]'' includes "Jeffster" for Jeff/Lester right in the show as the name of their band. Also, fans popularly refer to Chuck/Sarah as "Charah" in the fandom.

** Chuck and Sarah are referred to as such in the show itself by Casey at one point.

* Kirk/Spock from ''[[Star Trek]]'' became "Spirk" (though it's sometimes jokingly called "Kock" or "Kick"). There's even an ''[[Serious Business|ongoing debate]]'' over which one should be the "official" pairing name, with a third subset of fans wailing that a portmanteau does - well, something bad to the fandom, anyway - and that the only proper shortening of the pairing is K/S.

** "Chulu" is becoming rather popular for Chekov/Sulu, as is Spuhura for Spock/Uhura. They're been popping up like whack-a-moles since the new film came out.

** Jones for the pairing of Kirk and McCoy, aka Jim and Bones

* ''Terminator [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' already had "Camerah" for Cameron/Sarah after just one episode. As well as "Jameron", "Jamerek" and "Dameron" for John/Cameron, John/Cameron/Derek and Cameron/Derek.

** Classic and new series has "Dromana" (Doctor/Romana).

* In ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'', the canon couple of Paige and Alex became Palex, and was actually referred to as such by one of the characters in the show. There's also Crash (Craig/Ashley) and Cranny (Craig/Manny). Pia and Miater were both suggested in series for Peter/Mia.

** Holly J's pairing names come off odd due to the initial she carries, but she's had Spolly J (Spinner), Blue J (Blue), Spolly Jane (Spinner and Jane), Spolly Jay (Spinner and Jay), Dolly J (Declan), Sally J (Sav) or Savvy J (also Sav), and Folly J/[[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Lesbiona J]] (Fiona).

** Chuck/Blair is also known as Bluck and Serenanate stands for, well, Serena and Nate.

* Fans of ''[[Friends]]'' have called Monica and Chandler "Mondler," a name actually used by Ross in one episode. "Chanoey" (also a term from the show, though used by Phoebe as a suggestion for a way to name a baby after both of them) has also been used for Chandler/Joey.

* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' shippers are fond of the remarkably painful-sounding "Howince". Though actually, it's the more 'serious' (read, crazy) fans who call it Howince. Most people just refer to it as Boosh slash.

* In an episode of ''[[Jericho]]'', Stanley and Mimi actually have a discussion over what their couple name should be. Mimi is rather appalled that Stanley's comparing them to Brangelina. It is Stanley who dubs the name for them "Stimi".

* ''[[NCIS]]'' has at least the Tiva shippers who used to fight heavily with the Tate shippers. The Tivas kept saying Tate never was an option since Kibbs/Gate was to happen if anything, but of course the Gabby shippers would have hung them had the Tabby shipper not stopped them from doing so... Jibbs might be well established too, and let's not forget McNozzo, McAbby, McGiva, and Tibbs.

** Tiva has been mentioned in interviews with the actors. It gets entertaining.

** Also, some have come across the extremely odd, yet hilariously named Palmer and Fornell ship, "Pornell". As you could probably guess, it doesn't have a very large fan base...

* Used ''in the show'' on ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' as Smash's first-season love interest Waverly briefly dubs their relationship "the Waverlash". Otherwise, the show seems immune to name-smooshing.

* The fledgling ''[[Castle]]'' fandom has already coined "Caskett" (Castle/Beckett), which is really quite remarkably clever when you think about it.

** There's also the ''canon'' name Esplainie, for Esposito and Lanie.

** Also Hawpper for the same pairing, B-eye for B.J./Hawkeye, and Hawkney for Sidney/Hawkeye.

* ''[[Scrubs]]'': Turk and Carla were sarcastically referred to by Dr. Cox as "Curk" and "Tarla" in one episode. Later, in the "My Princess" episode, Cox represents the two in his story as a two-headed witch named "Turla".

** Some fans use JDox (JD/Cox), Jelliot (JD/Elliot), and Jorlliet (Jordan/Elliot).

* The ''[[iCarly]]'' fandom uses this extensively:

*** Spencer insults two truckers named Sledgehammer and Porkchop over a CB Radio by asking if they would be named "Sledgechop" or "Porkhammer" in the event of a marriage.

*** Creddie vs. Seddie is used directly in the episode ''iStart A Fan War'', which features in-story iCarly fans warring over their favorite ships at a con (along with an infamous [[Ship Tease]]).

* ''[[Victorious]]'' had many the day that the series came out, probably due to the popularity of portmanteau couple names on ''[[iCarly]]'' above, from the same creator: "Bade" (Beck/Jade), "Bori" (Beck/Tori), "Cabbie" (Cat/Robbie), "Tandre" (Tori/Andre), "Trobbie" (Trina/Robbie), "Cade" (Cat/Jade), Bat (Beck/Cat), and many, many others.

* "[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jooster]]". Originally coined by [[Stephen Fry]] himself, though in a completely different context (talking about how he felt that he had attributes of both Bertie Wooster and Jeeves).

* ''[[Skins]]'' fans wasted no time in combining the Emily/Naomi ship into "Naomily", which has permeated to the extent that E4 use it for official stuff (most notably the Unseen Skins features), and even the more mainstream media have picked it up. "Freffy" and "Ceffy" - Freddie/Effy and Cook/Effy - are codified, but vastly less popular; "Keffy" for Katie/Effy is established, but suffers from being non-canon.

* In the TV show ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', the ship Merlin/Arthur has become Merthur, or Arlin, depending on your preference.

** ArMor, the ship name for ''Ar''thur/''Mor''gana is both this and an [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Idiosyncratic Ship Name]], as it also refers to a particularly popular scene between the two in the second episode of the series. Some fans think it would be better for the Merlin/Arthur pairing due to its pronunciation (Ar''mer'' as opposed Ar''mor''), and for all the times that Merlin helps Arthur with his armour.

** Mergana for Merlin/Morgana.

** Morwen for Morgana/Gwen.

* ''[[Supernatural]]''s most popular ship is [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Wincest]], which is [[Sibling Incest|exactly what it sounds]] [[Squick|like]]. But most other pairings fall into this trope:

** Dean/Castiel is Destiel.

** Sam/Gabriel is Samriel or Sabriel (which can be a bit of a [[Mind Screw]] for a ''Supernatural'' fan who also enjoys the [[Garth Nix]] [[Old Kingdom|novel]] of the same name. )

** Sam/Castiel is Sassy (for Sammy/Cas)

* ''[[Glee]]'' has "Wemma" for Will/Emma, "Quick" for Quinn/Puck "Quichel" or "Faberry" for Quinn/Rachel, "Puckleberry" for Puck/Rachel and "Finchel" for Finn/Rachel. Believe it or not, among the hardcore Glee fans, "Quichel" is the most popular pairing of them all besides it being somewhat of a [[Crack Pairing]] viewed from [[Les Yay]] goggles cranked [[Up to Eleven]].

** Puck/Rachel/Finn can be called Puckleberry Finn.

** And let's not forget "Brittana" and "Santittany" for Brittany/Santana.

*** The same conversation in [[Canon]] that gave us Santittany also gave us Artcedes for Artie/Mercedes.

** Quinn/Rachel was rechristened "Faberry" after the fandom decided that "Quichel" was too difficult to pronounced and looked a good deal like quiche, among other things.

*** [[Completely Missing the Point|Pinn?]]

** Sam/Puck also has an... interestingly appropriate portmanteau

*** Or Klaine. Generally the most popular/used of the shipping names.

*** Or [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt Co]][[A Worldwide Punomenon|Blaine]].

** Blaine and Rachel were christened Raine (though in rarer cases Blainchel) after their short-lived relationship on the show.

*** After someone on [[Tumblr]] came up with the idea, there has been a heavy influx of [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU fics]] in which Blaine and Rachel are brother and sister. Their sibling relationship is called Anderberry (Anderson/Berry).

** Kurt/Karofsky is Kurtofsky.

** Finn/Karofsky is Finnofsky or Hudofsky and Blaine/Karofsky is Blainofsky or Blaive

** Kurt/Sam is Kum.

**** Though, after Kum, the most used name is Hevans. Also, Humans

** Artie and Tina are/were Artina or Tartie.

** Kurt/Puck is Puckurt, Purt or Pummel.

** Jesse and Rachel are often shortened as St. Berry.

** Wes and David (the David from Dalton, not Dave Karofsky) are sometimes called Wevid.

** As of season 3, Seblaine for Sebastian/Blaine.

*** There's also Kurtbastian (Kurt/Sebastian) and Sebklaine (Sebastian/Kurt/Blaine).

** After "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", Sory, Smory, and Flanavans are used to describe Sam/Rory.

** Flanamotta or Sweet Potatoes<ref>"Sweet" comes from Sugar, "Potatoes" comes from Rory being Irish</ref> for Rory/Sugar

** There's also Dwangela (Dwight + Angela), although that ship seems to have been sufficiently [[Ship Sinking|sunk]].

* These in ''[[LazyTown]]'' fandom are more like those in anime fandoms than other western fandoms, usually containing a full syllable or two of each name. Examples include SportaSteph for Sportacus/Stephanie, and SportaRobbie for Sportacus/Robbie. Everybody except Stephanie and Sportacus has a two syllable name, so for most characters one uses their full name, making the name of a ship that doesn't involve one of the two heroes arguably not a portmanteau at all.

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' has Clopher for Claire/Topher, Tennett for Topher/Bennett, Pecho for Paul/Echo, Baunders for Boyd/Saunders and the bizarre-sounding Pellie for Paul/Mellie.

* Go on, take a wild guess which pairing "Galex" refers to in ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' fandom. It's also the only portmanteau name used by parts of fandom - Chris/Shaz seems to have escaped, for now.

* ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' has Cluke (Clyde/Luke), Clani (Clyde/Rani) and Maruke (Maria/Luke) among others. Luke has used "Clani" in-universe.

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' brings you... [[Ho Yay|Joike]]. Yes, Joike. Used as an in-universe gag, though not with that intent.

* The ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' fandom is split almost perfectly in half: on one side, the Bensler ([[Action Girl|Oliva Benson]] and [[Heroic Sociopath|Elliot Stabler]]) shippers; on the other, the Cabensons ([[Hello, Attorney!|Alex Cabot]] and [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Olivia Benson again]]). Neither term is widely used.

* Common among the popular/long-lasting couples on ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''. Most prominent would be Ivison (Ivan/Allison), Katua (Katee/Joshua), and Marksie (Mark/Chelsie). Sometimes acknowledged on the show, with "Benjelle" (Benji/Donyelle) [later parodied with "Tranji" (Travis/Benji)] and "Twitchington" (Twitch/Kherington). Also can pop up for couples that didn't actually happen, such as "Travison" (Travis/Allison) and [[Ho Yay|"Trivan" (Travis/Ivan)]].

* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' fans use 'Wilkercest'. Even though it's often used in general terms, due to the popularity of the pairing, it can also mean Malcolm/Reese specifically. Interesting in that the altered surname, Wilkerson, isn't even necessarily canon (used in the first episode, then arguably [[Retcon|RetConned]]).

* It took a while for ''[[Coronation Street]]'' viewers to work out how best to combine Sophie and Sian; Siophie seems to be winning out.

* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' introduced an in-universe example when Leonard dubbed Sheldon and Amy "Shamy". Fans also use "Shenny" for Sheldon/Penny.

** And "Lenny" for Leonard/Penny.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' fandom seems to avoid this, with the exception of Starpollo (Starbuck and Apollo). Couple names are usually connected by slashes. Perhaps because the characters' names don't lend themselves to portmanteaus.

* Fans of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' have too many to count, due to the large amounts of [[Ship Tease]] on the show. Some of the most common ones include:

*** The amount of crackships this show generates is amazing, probably due to the fact that 99% of the cast is good-looking. Oh, and all the [[Ho Yay]] and [[Les Yay]] could make a crackshipper die of happiness. Here are a few:

* In-universe in ''[[Royal Pains]]''. In "Astraphobia," when Evan and Divya discover that Jill and Hank have gotten back together (again), Evan comments, "Oh my god, Jill and Hank. Jank! Jank is back!" Then he proposes that since they make such a good team, [[Ship Tease|he and Divya should have a combo name]]. He rejects "Evadivs" and considers "Divyan." Divya suggests, "Divya [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|and idiot]]. Diddiot."

* ''[[House of Anubis]]'' has Nina and Fabian paired up as "Fabina".

* Jules and Sam from ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'' are known as "Jam".

* The [[Sherlock]] fandom has Johnlock (John/Sherlock), Mystrade (Mycroft/Lestrade), MorMor (Moriarty/Moran) and, less commonly, Jimlock or Sheriarty (Sherlock/Moriarty).

* An in-universe example from ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''. Shortly after he and Ann Perkins begin dating, Tom Haverford announces the official debut of their couple name -- "Tan". She instantly announces the official end of the couple name, and he bounces back with "Haverkins".

 

 

== Other ==

* [[Gaia Online]] now has [[Anti-Villain|The Sentinel]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander|The Overseer]] who some people ship as "Sentiseer".

** Kagamincest.

* Stand-up comedian Russell Peters has bit where he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnD8s14YfRQ encourages people of different ethnic backgrounds to pair up and have kids]. Thus, an Italian and a Jamaican have little [[Stealth Pun|pastafarians]], a Dutch man and a Filipina have [[Just for Pun|jalapenos]], an Icelander and a Cuban have [[Hurricane of Puns|little ice cubes]], etc.

== Pro Wrestling ==

* Though it's hardly a common pairing, one can find Randy Orton/John Cena slash labeled "Centon." Here's hoping the bizarre [[Crack Pairing|Undertaker/Jeff Hardy]] shippers never come up with a portmanteau.

** "Shawnter" (Shawn Michaels/Triple H)

** "Huntista" (Triple H/Batista)

** "Codiase", or "Codiasi" as it's sometimes spelled, (Cody Rhodes/Ted Dibiase Jr) is becoming increasingly more common

** "Junk" ([[Foe Yay|Jeff Hardy/CM Punk]])

** There's some entertainment if you happen to ship Cloud/Aeris/Tifa as a threesome. In which case, you get CloTiRis. Oo-er.

** ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' has a rather unfortunate one: Tidus/Yuna = ''Tuna''.

** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' mainly avoids them, since the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]] of the fandom is named 'Squall'. 'Squh' sounds don't portmanteau well. Squinoa isn't so bad, but Squistis? Squeifer? Or, most unpleasantly onomatopoeically, Squelphie? Squell is not unheard of, though. Nor Squaerith, for that matter. Not to mention Squikku is probably more common than you'd think likely.

** Squall may not have been in too many good portmanteaus before, but that's because he was saving up for possibly the best one ever. Ladies and gentlemen, ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' has gifted to us the pairing of [[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall]] and the [[Final Fantasy I|Warrior Of Light]], abbreviated as "SqWoL."

** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' gives us [[Les Yay|Fanille]] (Fang/Vanille) and [[Les Yay|FLight]] (Fang/Lightning).

** Fans of [[Lady of War|Agrias]]/[[The Hero|Ramza]] in [[Final Fantasy Tactics]] tend to call their pairing Agriamza.

** There's "Shadouge" (Shadow/Rouge), "Taiream" (Tails/Cream), "Taismo" (Tails/Cosmo), "Sonaze" (Sonic/Blaze), "Silvaze" (Silver/Blaze), "Silvamy" (Silver/Amy), "Taimy" (Tails/Amy), "Knuxouge" (Knuckles/Rouge)...

** "Sonunckles" (Sonic/Knuckles). Or "Suckles". Not for the "suck=bad" notion, but for the fact that the thought of "suckling" being involved drives others to [[squick]] territory.

** ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|Adventures]]'' fandom sometimes uses "Scrounder" when referring to the pairing of Robotnik's inept hench-robots, Scratch and Grounder.

** "Tikaos" is the fandom's name for the Chaos/Tikal pairing. This got confusing once a character actually ''named'' Tikaos was introduced. (Who, incidentally, was a fusion of the two, meaning it could be a nod to the fandom's habit of making up names like this)

* In ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' fandom: "Chess" ([[Ho Yay|Cless/Chester]]) and "Archester" (Chester/Arche).

* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' now has its first first Portmanteau Name JuVie for Julie Farkas/Veronica.

* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' has Blayden for Norman Jayden and Carter Blake.

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link, that [[Heroic Mime]] studmuffin, gets paired with almost every girl in canon. Fans of Link/Zelda generally refer to it as Zelink. Then there's Malink (which is usually Malon/Link, but can also be Marin/Link), Midlink (Midna/Link), Rulink (Ruto/Link), Linkooru (Link/Nabooru), or Linkia (Link/Ilia, could also be Link/Saria). Meanwhile, there's a very tiny faction within the fandom that ships Zelda/Ganon; as both Zenon and Gazel.

** Skyward Sword: Ghirahim/Link is Ghiralink.

** Ghirahim, in fact, gets around - in common use is Ghiramise (Ghirahim/Demise, also seen as Ghirademi), Ghirazel (Ghirahim/Zelda), and Ghirafi (Ghirahim/Fi). Demise and Hylia become Demilia, and Zelda/Impa is sometimes called Zelimpa. Amongst the Skyloftians, Link/Groose is Grink, Groose/Pipit is Groopit (or, occasionally, Gropit), and Zelda/Groose has the unfortunate name of Zeloose.

** Still on the topic of Snake; from [[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Solid 3]]'s fandom, we get Volkov for the infamous canon Volgin-Raikov relationship, Ocekov for Ocelot-Raikov, and Bosselot for Big Boss/Ocelot.

* For Alice/Marisa of ''[[Touhou]]'' there is both "MAlice" (though more often in reference to ''Imperishable Night'', in which you can switch between the two characters, but there's a sort of bug which effectively allows you to hit an enemy with both of their attacks simultaneously, which fans have dubbed "Malice Cannon"), and "MariAri" (since the [[Gratuitous English|Japanese way of saying "Alice"]] would be "Arisu").

** Some Reimu/Yukari shippers are given to using the term "YukaRei" for their pet pairing.

** Other examples include "TeruMoko" (Kaguya + Mokou, "Teruyo" being a deliberate misreading of the kanji for "Kaguya"; also known as "KaguMoko" in English), "MeiSaku" (Meiling + Sakuya), "UdoMyon" (Reisen aka Udongein + Youmu, who is often known as "Myon" for an exclamation she utters... once), etc.

** The other popular heterosexual pairing, Phoenix/Maya, is usually referred to by its Japanese name, Narumayo (Naruhodou/Mayoi). Another het portmanteau is Miego (Mia/Diego).

** Franziska/Adrian is shortened as Fradrian.

** Phranziska or Phizka for the Fran/Nick ship.

* ''Advance Wars'': Flak/Lash as "Flash".

* ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' in general has RyuNina, whilst ''IV'' also has FouMami (for the het pairing) and FouRyu (for the [[Screw Yourself|selfcest slash]] pairing).

** ''II'' also has a rare example of this trope ''not'' related to romantic pairings; there is an entire ''constellation'' of portmanteau names for [[Biological Mashup|fusion forms]] you can take with other party members.

* ''[[Disgaea]]'' fandom has "Maomaz" to describe the Mao/Almaz pairing, and also "Maoberyl" for Mao/Raspberyl.

* "[[Harvest Moon]]" runs rampant with pairings, although the most commonly seen portmanteaus are "Grary" (for Gray/Mary, one of the rival pairings in the Mineral Town games) and "Graire" (for Gray/Claire, the name given to the blonde female farmer from the Mineral Town games).

* [[Team Fortress 2]] 's [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] doesn't have a portmanteau name (how exactly would one smush together "Heavy" and "Medic," anyway? Hevic? Medy?) but close-second [[Foe Yay|Spy and Sniper]] does: Spyper.

** There was also a concerted attempt by some members to use Statesline for a Steasman/Faultline [[Crack Pairing]]

* ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' fandom brings us "Fenders" to refer to the pairing off of Fenris and Anders or, occasionally, to refer to a [[Three-Way Sex|three-way]] or [[Love Triangle]] with both characters and [[Player Character|Hawke]]. Vanders ([[The Charmer|Varric]]/[[Fallen Hero|Anders]]) is occasionally seen as well, as is Merabela ([[Cloudcuckoolander|Merrill]]/[[Pirate Girl|Isabela]]).

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'''s names are usually either a portmanteau of their English names or the Romaji of their Japanese names. English examples include any combination of So, Ri and Kai (including [[One True Threesome|all three at once]]), as well as Larxel, Mansaix (the latter being Xemnas' anagram Mansex mixed with Saix), RoxEtte, RoXion, NamiXas/RoxIne, KairiNe (Kairi x Namine), MarLar, and Zemyx. Romanji examples include [[Ho Yay|AkuRoku]], VekuRekuZeku, and RokuShi for the Romaji. And those are the ''common'' ones.

** Most common are [[Official Couple|SoKai]], [[Ho Yay|So]][[Fan-Preferred Couple|Ri]][[Your Mileage May Vary|ku]], [[Ho Yay|AkuRoku]], RokuShi, [[Crack Pairing|Zemyx]] and Namixas.

*** Alternatively, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Heifer]].

* On the Japanese art site [[Pixiv]], ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' fans have created the tag "Fubukiyamaru" for Fubuki Shirou + Kiyama Hiroto + Kazemaru Ichirouta. Although it's frequently used in a non-shipping context for pictures which simply feature all three of those characters, since Pixiv has a limit of 10 tags per picture.

 

== Web Comics ==

* When ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' started hinting that James Eglamore and Jones were (or still are) a couple, fans of that 'ship began calling them "Janes".

* Behold the dawn of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080609 Zeethiggs] in ''[[Girl Genius]]''... Ain't they just meant to be?

* Zorg, Gwyff, Riflee and such from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.

* Fans of ''[[Honeydew Syndrome]]'' have used CharJay for Charles/Jay and CharMay for Charles/Metis.

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'''s forum are sporadically abuzz with shippers for "Fayten" (Faye + Marten) or "Svaye" (Sven + Faye), and members smacking down the use of portmanteau names. However, "HanTai" for the gleefully pervy lesbian Tai and the OCD, extremely straight, easily squicked Hannelore (who Tai has an obvious crush on) is damn near universal [[Hentai|for obvious reasons]], even for people who find the idea ridiculous. Jeph dismisses it as stupid, and has (due to the Hantai meme), banned Shipmanteaus from the forums. Not that this has [[It Got Worse|stopped anybody]], of course.

* ''[[PvP]]'' did a little [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the earlier part of the strip when Brent and Jade first got together. Cole told Francis that "That's common when two people you know start dating. Brent and Jade as you knew them are gone now. There is only... BrentJade!"

* Not really used, but the ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' fandom gave one for Xykon/Tsukiko: Xytsuki.

* ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' forum members are fond of creating, and debating, portmanteau couple names. The most commonly-used ones are "Saraphne" for [[Official Couple]] Sara and Daphne, and "Agenny" for the eponymous characters ship. Others include "Standi" ([[Official Couple]] Stan/Brandi), "Jacky-Ann" or "Katack" ([[Official Couple]] Jack/Katy-Ann), and "Stenny" (for the [[Foe Yay]] ship Stan/Penny).

* ''[[Housepets]]'' has the fans' [[OTP]] Grape and Peanut, or GrapeNut. Yes, even their couple name has a food theme.

* By the second ''[[Skin Horse]]'' strip to show Dr Dennis "Tip" Willkins meeting ''[[Narbonic]]'''s Artie (RT-5478), the ship had been named RTip-5478.

 

== Web Original ==

* [[Non Romantic Example]] <ref>...mostly. Omega's view of Tex is questionable.</ref> This is canonically how the AI/Freelancers pairings in [[Red vs. Blue]] get their "normal" names. '''Om''ega + '''Alli'''son = O'malley, '''Ga'''mma + '''Re'''ginald = Gary, and so on. How this would work for some of the other pairs (David + Epsilon = ???) is unknown.

* Obligatory [[Whateley Universe]] examples: there is ongoing debate about Phase's dating path, since he is dating Vanessa (Vox) now but close friends with Jadis (She-Beast). This leads to the Vanayla vs. Jayla discussions. Or is that Aylis?

 

== Western Animation ==

** [[The Parody|Parodied]] in "The Cave of Two Lovers," where it is revealed the city of Omashu was named after [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] ''Oma'' and ''Shu''.

** Ones that involve Toph tends to sound really cool/funny. There's Sokka/Toph ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Tokka]]), [[Opposites Attract|Toph/Aang (Taang)]], Toph/Zuko (Toko), Katara/Toph (Katoph), and [[Yuri Fanboy|Toph/Suki]] (''[[Metalocalypse|Toki]]'').

** There's also Maitara (Mai/Katara) and, parodying Maiko, [http://booter-freak.deviantart.com/art/Gagstrip-79-132368047 Maikoh (Mai/Koh the Face Stealer)].

** In a similar vein, creators Mike and Bryan are known collectively as "Bryke," though of course platonically. We think.

* For another [[Foe Yay]] example, with volumes of associated [[Fanfic]] and [[Fan Art]], note "[[Fan-Preferred Couple|KiGo]]". (Kim + Shego, from the diverse fandom of ''[[Kim Possible]]''.

** Strangely enough, one of the few ships on this show that doesn't fall prey to this trope is the [[Official Couple]] of Kim/Ron (although there ''is'' the option of KiRo, which sounds similar to other pairings, such as KiGo, KiMo, KiYo...): a simple K/R suffices (out of the possible combinations, "Rim" or "Kin" would both sound silly ''and'' have odd implications). Also, Drakken/Shego, {{spoiler|another (eventual) [[Official Couple]]}}.

** A ship that is often associated with [[Ho Yay|KiGo]] is RoRi, pairing up Ron and Yori (who ''were'' actually canon for a little while in the series).

* ''[[Futurama]]''. One word: Freela.

* In ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]!'', Sprx/Nova, by far the most popular pairing on the show, is "Spova." There are also names for the pairings between all of the other main/reoccuring characters, and many of the minor ones.

* Amongst ''[[Transformers]]'' slash fans, MOP (Megatron/Optimus Prime) is a common fan term. Another one is MegaStar or MegaScream for Megatron/Starscream.

** ''[[Transformers Armada|Micron Legend]]'' has StAl for Starscream/Alexis on the Japanese side.

* Parodied in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'': In the episode "Girlfriendklok", Nathan Explosion dates a celebrity named Rebecca Nightrod, and the portmanteau name "Natebecca" is created by obese middle-aged women (or alternatively, "Rebasplosion").

* ''[[The Backyardigans]]'': Tyroqua or Tyroniqua (Tyrone/Uniqua), Austasha (Austin/Tasha), Auniqua or Austiqua (Austin/Uniqua) and Tyrosha (Tyrone/Tasha). Poor Pablo.

* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' isn't as heavy on the portmanteau names, but prefers initial-x-initial format. Just take a main character's first initial and put them on either side of the "x"; for example, UxY means [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|Ulrich and Yumi]], OxS means Odd and Sissi (or Sam, or [[Fresh Pretty Cure|Setsuna]])), etc. Most of the time, fans will know what you're talking about. Besides referring to Jeremie and Aelita as JxA, some fans have also used the term Jerlita (including their mutual voice actor Sharon Mann, who uses it as her handle when stopping by [[Lyoko Freak]]).

* ''[[South Park]]'' seems to favor ship names that can be actual words: Style (Stan/Kyle), Bunny (Butters/Kenny), Creek (Craig/Tweek), Candy(Cartman/Wendy), Dip (Pip/Damien), Cutters (Cartman/Butters). Most of the rest are silly portmanteau names (Kyman for Kyle/Cartman, Stendy for Stan/Wendy) or simply the initial-slash-initial format.

*** An alternate name for the pairing Butters/Cartman is, funnily enough, Buttman

** "Raveast" is also popular for Beast Boy/Raven.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': [[SpongeBob]]/Sandy apparently makes "Spandy". As for the [[Ho Yay]] variants, there's [[Heterosexual Life Partners|SpongePat]] and [[Even the Guys Want Him|SpongeSquid]], or PatBob and SquidBob for less character-consuming variants. The term Squidill for [[Foe Yay|Squidward/Squilliam]] is also used every now and then.

** Some more examples, this time with the Fireside Girls: Fertchen for Ferb/Gretchen, and Phineatie for Phineas/Katie (yes, there are people who ship that).

** Others include Starl for Stacy/Carl, Irvabella for Irving/Isabella(Yes it exists) and Carlgram for [[Ho Yay|Monogram/Carl]]

** Also Ferbnessa for [[Precocious Crush|Ferb/Vanessa]] and Buljeet or less commonly, Balford for [[Those Two Guys|Baljeet/Buford]].

** In "Greece's Pieces", {{spoiler|Gwuncan, Coderra, and Siody}} as canon examples alongside Duncney and Gigette. {{spoiler|Though the last two are wishful thinking on Sierra's part}}.

* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]''. Ralphie/Wanda = Rwanda.

* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'': Fraphne or Dafred (Fred/Daphne), Shelma (Shaggy/Velma), Frelma (Fred/Velma) and Shaphne (Shaggy/Daphne) have all been used.

*** Discord usually ends up named first. DiscoLight or DiscoPie, anypony?

** The semi-popular Spitfire/Rainbow Dash ship has the epic-sounding [http://flamebow-love.deviantart.com/ "Flamebow"].

** The genderswapped versions of Finn and Marceline, Fionna and Marshall Lee, have the ship name of Fiolee.

* ''[[Recess]]'': T.J./Spinelli: Tinelli

* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'': There's [[Official Couple|Luxsoka]], [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Rexsoka]], [[Mentor Ship|Obisoka, Anisoka, Plosoka]], and [[Crack Ship|Cadsoka]]. [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|And that's not even]] ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|all]]'' [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|the people Ahsoka's been paired with]].

* Happens in the [[Hello! Project]] fandom. Sumomo (Sudou Maasa/Tsugunaga Momoko), Renai (Tanaka Reina/Takahashi Ai), Gakikame (Niigaki Risa/Kamei Eri), Yajiume (Yajima Maimi/Umeda Erika)...

* This technique has wormed its way into news and gossip coverage of real-life couples, with such shining examples as Bennifer ([[Ben Affleck]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]], later Affleck and [[Jennifer Garner]]), TomKat (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes), and Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie).

** Parodying this practice, [[Stephen Colbert]] of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' has taken to referring to the pairing of William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman as "Filliam H. Muffman".

*** This was actually a ''Jeopardy!'' question: [http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=478 they wanted to know what couple comprised Filliam H. Muffman].

** In the E! recap show ''[[The Soup]]'' makes the parody even more extreme, pulling the "Celebrity Hookup Name Generator" each time they know about a new celebrity couple. The resultant names are often full of double entendres and/or very tongue in cheek.

** [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/part2/091023&sportCat=nba Khlomar]. A suitably silly name for a couple that went from meeting to marriage as quickly as Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom did.

** Another cutesy current one is [[Spider-Man|Speidi]] for Spencer [[Unfortunate Names|Pratt]] and Heidi Montag.

** Also popular: Hillbilly. (Too obvious?)

* One word: Hillbama.

** Or as ''[[The Daily Show]]'' said, [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=125201&title=Headlines---Best-Leak-Ever Primesident Blush].

** ''[[The Now Show]] Book of Records'' suggests "Shellack" for Barack and Michelle.

* Europe's power couple (for now) [http://www.businessinsider.com/merkel-sarkozy-kissing-2011-12 Merkozy].

** As of May 2012, it would now be Merkoland or Olankel (Jacques Oland is the new president of France) - though the two certainly don't seem as cozy as Merkozy did.

** Most shippers of various bands tend to go in this direction, portmanteaus (smush names) being in use since the Beatles. Some of the most ridiculous ones belong to the various pairings of Panic At The Disco: Ryden, Joncer, Brencer, Rycer, etc.

*** Those are not so bad. They're at least able to be pronounced. You'd think that people would try to do that, but nope.

* [[wikipedia:Benelux|Benelux]]. That's right: '''Be'''lgium, the '''Ne'''therlands and '''Lux'''emborg are now ''one''.

** Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg were originally one. (One True Pairing anyone?)

** A region in the Southern U.S. go by the names "Texoma" ('''Tex'''as + Oklah'''oma'''), and one is called "Texarkana" ('''Tex'''as + '''Ark'''ansas + Louisi'''ana''').

*** There's a city that straddles the border of Florida and Alabama called, you guessed it: Florala.

** There is a Kentuckiana on the border of Kentucky and Indiana.

*** The region around northern Indiana and southern Michigan referred to as Michiana.

** In west Africa, Senegal and the Gambia used to form the Senegambia Confederation between 1982 and 1989.

** The African nation of Tanzania's name is supposed to be a portmanteau. Basically the first three letters come from Tanganyika or the mainland, zan comes from the island of Zanzibar, and then they added ia.

** In Canada there is Alsama: '''Al'''berta, '''Sa'''skatchewan, and '''Ma'''nitoba also know as the prairies.

* More celeb [[Ho Yay]] would be Pinto - no, not [[Every Car Is a Pinto|that kind of pinto]] - [[Zachary Quinto]] and [[Chris Pine]].

* When [[Neil Gaiman]] began dating singer [[Amanda Palmer]], a fan on Twitter suggested their celebrity couple couple name should be "Gaimanda". Neil Gaiman's response: "please don't". (At one point, they lampshaded this trope by suggesting they be collectively referred to as "Steve.")

* Technically not a couple name, but it is a portmanteau for the parents... Liger and tigon are combinations of tigers and lions. Male parent goes first (i.e., liger= lion daddy, tiger mommy).

*** There's also "Zorse"- a zebra/horse hybrid and "Zonkey"- a zebra/donkey hybrid.

*** This runs rampant with naming hybrids: Grolar bear or pizzly (polar bear/grizzly), wholphin (dolphin/false killer whale), blynx (bobcat/lynx)... The latter two are a little ridiculous, as false killer whales are technically dolphins, and bobcats are in the same genus as the lynx.

* The department store chain Pamida is named after co-founder Jim Witherspoon's three sons, Pat, Mike, and David.

* Miramax got its name from the combination of the Weinstein Brothers' parents' names (Miriam + Max)

* Two prominent members of Rangerboard.com, Phil DeLuca and Avril Pingault, who got attached and married in real life (he's American and she's Australian), led to the name Phavril.

* In a self-imposed example, Ian Murdock in 1993 named his fledgling GNU/Linux distribution using a portmanteau with his then-girlfriend, Debra. Fortunately for [[wikipedia:Debian|Debian]], the couple got married in 1996. Perhaps less propitiously, they got divorced in 2007...

* For those in the Nick Cave/Blixa Bargeld "Nixa ::heart::" is the common way to express your shipping position. Coilhouse refers to Nixa as the new Kirk/Spock.

* George Bernard Shaw referred to [[G. K. Chesterton]] and Hilaire Belloc as "Chesterbelloc", making this [[Older Than Television]]. Almost certainly a [[Heterosexual Life Partners|non-shipping example]] though. Well, ''[http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/poetry.php?pdid=9123 almost]'' certainly.

* There's good-natured competition between Jamiltonian and Jadams shippers. Thomas Jefferson/Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson/John Adams. [[Rule 34|Yeah, people went there]].

* [[Oxbridge]], though some prefer "Camford".

** Also Cleggeron, which sounds vaguely robotic - and does [[Unfortunate Names|ConDems]] count?

* Jerry Holkins of ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'''s last name is a merger of the original last names of him and his wife.

* "Bamco" for Bandai-Namco, after the two companies merged.

** Likewise, "Squeenix" after the [[Square Enix]] merge.

* After the stacked with [[Ho Yay]] 2009 [[Sherlock Holmes]] movie, the fandom reacted not only to the relations between the characters, but actually [[Real Person Fic|pairing the actors gathered a pretty large fanbase]]. RDJude (Robert Downey Jr./Jude Law) in particular.

* The Blur fandom usually does this, examples are Gramon (Graham/Damon), Gralex (Graham/Alex) and Dalex (Damon/Alex).

 

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