the land / stephan marx
more here.
mourir auprès de toi / spike jones
a film. watch it here.
portmanteau / lewis carroll
‘that’s enough to begin with’, humpty dumpty interrupted: ‘there are plenty of hard words there. “brillig” means four o’clock in the afternoon—the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.’
‘that’ll do very well’, said alice: ‘and “slithy”?’
‘well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy”. “lithe” is the same as “active”. you see it’s like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word.’
February 10, 2012 / Posted in words / Comments »