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For example, Justin Timberlake/Chris Kirkpatrick becomes [[List of Popslash Pairing Names|Timbertrick]], and [[Clark/Lex]] becomes [[List of Smallville Pairing Names|Clex]], while the pairing of Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor, in contrast, was known as [[List of Smallville Pairing Names|Chlex]]. No particular convention other than euphony regulates how the names are combined.

For example, Justin Timberlake/Chris Kirkpatrick becomes [[List of Popslash Pairing Names|Timbertrick]], and [[Clark/Lex]] becomes [[List of Smallville Pairing Names|Clex]], while the pairing of Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor, in contrast, was known as [[List of Smallville Pairing Names|Chlex]]. No particular convention other than euphony regulates how the names are combined.

Well, okay, euphony and hilarity. Some portmanteaus are intentionally funny, such as "Pepperony" for [[Iron Man]] pairing Pepper/Tony. Likewise, [[Minim_Calibre]] coined the name-squish "Spred" for [[Spike]]/[[Winifred Burkle|Fred]] on [[Angel the Series|Angel]], and dubbed her archive for same "The Buttery," thus demonstrating that name-smooshes are mocked as often as they are found in ordinary use.

Well, okay, euphony and hilarity. Some portmanteaus are intentionally funny, such as "[[Pepperony]]" for [[Iron Man]] pairing Pepper/Tony. Likewise, [[Minim_Calibre]] coined the name-squish "[[Spred]]" for [[Spike]]/[[Winifred Burkle|Fred]] on [[Angel the Series|Angel]], and dubbed her archive for same "The Buttery," thus demonstrating that name-smooshes are mocked as often as they are found in ordinary use.

In rarer cases, a portmanteau may also include words other than the names of two characters, for example "Wincest" in the [[Supernatural]] fandom. The name combines "Winchester" with "incest" to refer to shipping the Winchester brothers together.

In rarer cases, a portmanteau may also include words other than the names of two characters, for example "[[Sam/Dean|Wincest]]" in the [[Supernatural]] fandom. The name combines "Winchester" with "incest" to refer to shipping the Winchester brothers together.

The practice almost almost means a romantic or intimate relationship, but not necessarily always! An early example of this is "Chesterbelloc," a phrase coined by George Bernard Shaw in 1918 to describe the combined influence of two writers, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.  <Ref> George Bernard Shaw in [https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1140813740390342.pdf The New Age: Belloc and Chesterton]  (February 15, 1908) </ref>

The practice almost almost means a romantic or intimate relationship, but not necessarily always! An early example of this is "Chesterbelloc," a phrase coined by George Bernard Shaw in 1918 to describe the combined influence of two writers, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.  <Ref> George Bernard Shaw in [https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1140813740390342.pdf The New Age: Belloc and Chesterton]  (February 15, 1908) </ref>