Category: Words

A Fish Out of Water & Other Animal Idioms

Animal idioms enrich our language and add vivid imagery to what we say. Most of the time we donโ€™t even stop to think about what we are saying. Some idioms we say, like ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก, create a hilarious picture if you think about them.

Portmanteau Words

What is a portmanteau? According to dictionary.com and Merriam Webster, a portmanteau is a leather trunk or suitcase that opens up into two halves. But a portmanteau is also a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts.