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smush name

smush name noun: a portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.

Noun

smush name (plural smush names)

  1. (informal) A portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.
    • When my friend Danielle (there's THAT name again) was pregnant with her oldest daughter we came across a book (of which I forget the title) which actually advocated smush names. One of the more...ahem...interesting names I remember is Shetom. It was a smush of Sheila and Thomas.2010, Danielle Reed, Emily, Jacob and Boniqua: What NOT to Name Your Child, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 17
    • She looked up at them, half-expecting paparazzi to leap from the very walls to take photos, to give the couple a smush name that would undoubtedly be the key in making the new media darlings.2014, Grace McDermott, Mirrorfall, Wibbly Press (2014), unnumbered page

Examples of smush name in a sentence

  • Brangelina and Snamione are smush names.
  • They yell, “Sup, Shage,” when we walk past; we're a smush name now.2015, Ann Aguirre, The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things, Feiwei and Friends, →ISBN, page 243:

Forms of smush name

pluralsmush names

Questions about smush name

What does smush name mean?
Smush name means a portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.
How do you use smush name in a sentence?
Brangelina and Snamione are smush names.
What part of speech is smush name?
Smush name is a noun.
What is the plural of smush name?
The plural of smush name is smush names.

Words near smush name in the dictionary

  1. smurring
  2. smurry
  3. smurs
  4. smurves
  5. smush
  6. smush name
  7. smush names
  8. smushed
  9. smushes
  10. smushing
  11. smushy

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