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* 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).
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** 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.
* ''[[Genshiken]]'' gives us the
** 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).
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*** 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, just thought it deserved a mention:
* ''[[One Piece]]'' fandom doesn't do this very often, but Cobymeppo (Coby/Helmeppo) is a notable exception, not least for being coined by the author himself. This can lead to confusion, as some people use it in its original
** Also Lancock for Luffy/Hancock, Frobin for Franky/Robin, and the ever confusing (for capitalization issues) ZoRo for Zoro/Robin.
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** 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).
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** And for the yaoi fans, there's Suzalulu aka Suzaku/Lelouch.
** Suzaku/Euphemia is SuzaEuphie.
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* ''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.
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'': [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], loads and loads of pairings, and hence loads and loads of this. The most well known being ShinRan (Shinichi/Ran) and AiCon (Ai/Conan), but
** 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).
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** 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...
** And then there are the [[Crack Pairing
* ''[[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.
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* Fan-favorite '80s C-list superheroes [[Booster Gold]] and [[Blue Beetle]]: Boostle.
** And now, Beevil ([[Blue Beetle]]/Red Devil).
* ''[[X-Men]]'' fans seem to like this a lot, but unfortunately no matter what you ship in what series/universe, you usually come out rather badly. TJott, Scemma, Jogan, Lemma, Rogan, Robby, Kyro, Ryro, Kurtty, Lancitty, Tonda, Jonda, Xietro, AleX23, Bobbity, Bobmara, Bobbilee, Kurahne, Kurmanda, and a favorite, Wandurt. Apparently the character's names were not chosen to be
** "Pionda" (Pietro/Wanda) is not only clunky, the concept comes out badly [[Twincest|no matter *how* you think of it]]. A preferable term would be "Panda", in case you wanted the [[Squick]] to be cute (either way, the couple is more or less canon in [[Ultimate Marvel]]).
** No love for the Logan/Remy pairing, Lomy?
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** [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:
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** Thuke/Thaluke/Lukalia: Thalia and Luke
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** [[Les Yay|Annalia/Thalabeth]]
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* 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.
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** 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.
* ''[[Bones]]'' fandom had Hodgela for the ship of Hodgins and Angela, and Brenangela or Brengela for the popular femmeslash pair of Brennan and Angela, although remarkably, the main [[OTP]] of the series, Booth/Brennan, does not have a portmanteau couple
** Actually, for Booth and Brennan, there are the rarely-used "Semperance" and "Teeley". Also, Sweets/Daisy is often referred to as "Swaisy".
* ''[[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.
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** As of the release of the [[Defictionalization]] of Rick Castle's novel ''Heat Wave'', the [[Slash]] pairing of detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito is sometimes referred to as "Roach", after the nickname given their [[Write Who You Know|fictional counterparts]] "Raley" and "Ochoa". [[Rule 34|And yes]], there are [[Post Modernism|Roach fanfics about Roach fanfics]]. Appropriate to a series which has basically thrown it's [[Genre Blindness]] out the window.
** There's also the ''canon'' name Esplainie, for Esposito and Lanie.
* ''[[MASH]]'' had
** Also Hawpper for the same pairing, B-eye for B.J./Hawkeye, and Hawkney for Sidney/Hawkeye.
* About 90% of the ''[[Life with Derek]]'' fandom ships [[UST]]-tastic [[Flirty Stepsiblings|step-siblings]] Derek and Casey, referring to the ship as "Dasey". Other popular pairing names include "Lizwin" (Lizzie/Edwin), "Shemily" (Sheldon/Emily), "Demily" (Derek/Emily), "Dally" (Derek/Sally), "Trasey" (Truman/Casey), "Masey" (Max/Casey), "Sasey" (Sam/Casey), and "Salph" (Sam/Ralph).
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*** 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]]).
** Outside of the ''[[iCarly]]'' shipping wars, there's Niranda ([[Nathan Kress]] and [[Miranda Cosgrove]]) and Jathan ([[Jennette McCurdy]] and [[Nathan Kress]]). There's also Jerrette (Jerry Trainor and [[Jennette McCurdy]]) for the [[
* ''[[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.
** [[Les Yay]] [[OT3]] wise, we have Catorade (Cat+Tori+Jade).
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** And then there's the [[OT3|third option]], Wincestiel.
* ''[[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]].
** [[Glee]] is notable in that the characters themselves refer to their various relationships by [[Fan Nickname
** Puck/Rachel/Finn can be called Puckleberry Finn.
** And let's not forget "Brittana" and "Santittany" for Brittany/Santana.
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* ''[[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.
** Also, [[Ho Yay|Crom]], for those of you with an interest in [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]. This one has a little more weight to
* 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)]].
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* ''[[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.
* Fans of ''[[Eastenders]]'' quickly coined
* ''[[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:
** [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Delena]]
** [[Official Couple|Stelena]]
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** Jerennie or
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*** 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:
**** Jyler or Jeremy/
**** Kateline or
**** Giltrova or
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**** As of Season Three, [[Ho Yay|Klefan]] a.k.a Klaus/Stefan.
**** Also, Jeremy/Caroline -> Jeroline, Steroline -> Stefan/Caroline, Elejah -> Elena/Elijah, Katjah -> Katherine/Elijah, Klaterina -> Katherine/Klaus, Bonnie/Damon - Bamon, Klaulette - Klaus/Charlotte Petrova and more.
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** And for a briefly [[Official Couple|canon]] [[Everyone Is Gay|(Albeit uncommon)]] example, {{spoiler|Molliarty.}}
* 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".
* [[Community]] has one lone
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== Other ==
* [[Gaia Online]] now has [[Anti-Villain|The Sentinel]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander|The Overseer]] who some people ship as "Sentiseer".
* [[Vocaloid]]'s got Mikaito,<ref>Miku / Kaito</ref>
** 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.
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** 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''.
** Lukka (Lulu/Wakka) -- which is a homophone of the largest city in the game's
** ''[[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."
*** Also from ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', those who favor the [[Unholy Matrimony]] of [[Final Fantasy II|The Emperor]] and [[Final Fantasy VIII|Ultimecia]] have started using Pala/
** ''[[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.
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** ''[[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)
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' fandom does this as
* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', Yuri himself is the one to create the name for the yuri pairing Ristelle (Rita/Estelle
* 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.
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** 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.
* Fans of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' who enjoy the semi-canonical resident [[Crack Pairing]] of [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]]/[[Metroid Prime|Samus Aran]] almost universally refer to it as Snakus (those who don't most likely use the term Solid Samus).
** On the topic of Solid Snake, the only reasonable way to portmanteau Snake/Otacon is by using the Japanese pairing
** 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.
*** Though Bosselot could totally be taken the wrong way and cause some seriously [[
** ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' has also seen Pike (Ike/Pit), Mike (Ike/Marth), Like (Ike/Link), Mink (Marth/Link), and Pink (Pit/Link). For the ladies, Samus/Zelda has got Zelus, and Zelda/Peach has Pelda.
* 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.
* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' has
** 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).
** Other examples: [[Foe Yay|Godonaru]], [[Crack Pairing|Godomitsu]], and [[Screw Yourself|Diegodot]]. [[Crack Pairing|Spark/Lotta]]! Is! [[This Is Sparta|SPARTA!]]
** The fandom's favourite [[Ho Yay|slash pairing]] is usually turned into Japanese to help the
** Franziska/Adrian is shortened as Fradrian.
** Phranziska or Phizka for the Fran/Nick ship.
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* ''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'' has RyuKatt (in a rare example of this trope where there is no Japanese
** ''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.
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* ''[[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.
** With the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] nature of the game, some [[Crossover Ship
*** Alternatively, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Heifer]].
* Every single pairing in ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' has a near universally used one: Chelley (Chell x Wheatley), ChellDOS (Chell x [[G La DOS]]), Chellmann (Chell x Doug Rattmann)... as you can see, the fans think Chell [[Really Gets Around]]. For the few non Chell pairings we have Cavealine (Cave x Caroline), Spaceosity (Space Core x Curiosity Core), Factventure (Adventure "Rick" Core x Fact Core), Angrality (Anger Core x Morality Core) and WheatDOS (Wheatley x [[G La DOS]]).
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* Behold the dawn of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080609 Zeethiggs] in ''[[Girl Genius]]''... Ain't they just meant to be?
** The fandom has yet to settle on one single portmanteau name for Agatha and either of her two surviving love interests, although "Agiltha" appears frequently for Agatha/Gil, and both "Targatha" and "Agavek" pop up from time to time for Agatha/Tarvek. More recently, Agilvek has shown up for the potential [[OT3]].
** Also, the canon [[Brain Uploading]] / [[Demonic Possession]] results have [[Fan Nickname
* Zorg, Gwyff, Riflee and such from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.
* Fans of ''[[Honeydew Syndrome]]'' have used CharJay for Charles/Jay and CharMay for Charles/Metis.
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== Western Animation ==
* It's all but a written rule for every ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' online forum to include a [[Official Couple|"Kataang" (Katara/Aang)]] vs. [[Fan-Preferred Couple|"Zutara" (Zuko/Katara)]] poll, with [[New Old Flame|"Maiko"]] and [[Foe Yay|"Zukaang"]] recently moving up in the ranks to join the fray.
** One notable demonstration of the trope was the ComicCon Avatar shipping panel, which went on to, using a ludicrous amount of
** [[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]]'').
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** [[Crack Pairing|Stolovan]] is used for pairing Kevin '''Stol'''ey and Clyde Don'''ovan'''. Then there's K2 or K squared for Kenny/Kyle.
*** An alternate name for the pairing Butters/Cartman is, funnily enough, Buttman
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' doesn't lend itself to interesting mash-up names. The fans usually combine the first syllables of each name, like Rob/Star (Robin/Starfire) or do a nickname thing like BB/Rae (Beast Boy/Raven) the rare example of a true
** "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.
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* One more word: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsgRaRinQM Blush].
** Or as ''[[The Daily Show]]'' said, [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=125201&title=Headlines---Best-Leak-Ever Primesident Blush].
* Parodied ''again'' by Stephen
* "CAndy" for [[Conan O'Brien]]/Andy Richter. They are well-aware of the coinage, and mention it occasionally on the show. Has existed since back when Andy was still on ''[[Late Night]]'' in the '90s.
* Parodied once again in [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03omono.phtml this SNL monologue by Ben Affleck].
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** There is a Kentuckiana on the border of Kentucky and Indiana.
*** The region around northern Indiana and southern Michigan referred to as Michiana.
** "Pakistan" is one of
** [[wikipedia:Chimerica|Chimerica]], a term describing the economic relationship between China and America. If that's a reference to [[wikipedia:Chimera (mythology)|a creature made monstrous by the combination of antithetical elements, so foolish it couldn't possibly exist]]... [[This Is Sparta|Best. Portmanteau. Ever]].
** 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.
** During [[World War Two]], to the Italians "Axis" was just them and
** In Canada there is Alsama: '''Al'''berta, '''Sa'''skatchewan, and '''Ma'''nitoba also know as the prairies.
** Here in the Philippines, we have the CAMANAVA region which includes the cities '''Ca'''loocan, '''Ma'''labon, '''Na'''votas, and '''Va'''lenzuela. The Philippines itself is sometimes called LUZVIMINDA; combining the name of its three main island groups '''Luz'''on, '''Vi'''zayas and '''Minda'''nao.
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* 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).
** It gets
*** 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.
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* Ediswan. Okay, so it's a lightbulb company. That's romantic!
* 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...
* In an unintentionally [[
* 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.
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