Bromance

Bromance = brother + romance
A close, but non-sexual relationship or “romance” between two or more obviously straight men.  Also, “man-crush.”

From MTV. “Bromance” television series.

Twares

Twares = Twitter + fares
Special airline fares made exclusively available to followers of the airline’s Twitter account

Adam Ostrow, “Twares: United Airlines Offers Special Fares to Twitter Users,” Mashable (May 21, 2009)

BoTax

BoTax = Botox + tax
A proposed 10% tax on plastic surgery to help fund health care reform
(Note that “Botox” is itself a portmanteau of the neurotoxic protein botulinum toxin.)

Paul L. Caron, Congress Considers “Botax” — 10% Tax on Plastic Surgery to Fund Health Care Reform, TaxProf Blog (July 28, 2009).

Quaalude

Quaalude = quiet + aa + interlude
Trademark used for the drug methaqualone

From Dictionary.com
The trademark Quaalude for the sedative and hypnotic agent methaqualone is an example of how a product name is carefully chosen for a positive public response. Methaqualone was developed in the 1960s by William H. Rorer, Inc. At that time, the company’s best-known product was Maalox, a digestive aid that derived its name from its ingredients, magnesium and aluminum hydroxides. To enhance the product recognition of their new sedative drug, the company incorporated the aa of Maalox into the name Quaalude. The other elements of the name are presumed to be a contraction of the phrase quiet interlude, a soothing, even poetic description of the drug’s effect.

Fauxtester

Fauxtester = faux + protester
A person paid to protest for someone else, with no real interest in the subject of the protest

Yvonne Battle-Felton, “Baltimore picketers protest unfair wages,” The SOP (Dec. 16, 2005)
Schuttler is in the business of picketing for worker’s rights. His line represents the Area Standards Picket Line at construction sites around the city. He said all of the picketers are paid and represent the Mid Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters. He also added that they are not required to be construction workers.

Tim Carlton…said it was obvious the picketers were not construction workers. [] “I recognize most of them, especially the one that looks like she’s two days younger than God[,]” Carlton said. “You can’t tell me she’s out there doing construction. They are a bunch of homeless people that they hire.”

Borientation

Borientation = boredom  +  orientation
A word used to describe an orientation that was, is, and will be, boring.

The Office Season 3 Episode 8: “The Merger.”
Toby: “Um, you might want these orientation materials.”
Michael: “Wrong, Toby, this is an orientation not a borientation.”

Voluntourism

Voluntourism = volunteer + tourism
Rendering of voluntary services, coupled with travel to a destination, with the traditional elements of travel and tourism, including arts, culture, geography, history, and recreation.

Coming and Going: Volunteering While Traveling, Wash. Post (June 28, 2009)
“[V]oluntourism is a worthy pursuit, and interest in it appears to be growing. [Sheryl] Kayne’s book ["Volunteer Vacations Across America" (Countryman Press)] does a fine job of detailing more than 200 service/travel opportunities, including rescuing loggerhead turtles and learning to surf in North Carolina, reinstating the Mexican gray wolf to its natural habitat while visiting the Grand Canyon (http://www.gcwolfrecovery.org) and biking from coast to coast to raise money for low-income housing in the Bike & Build program (http://www.bikeandbuild.org).”

Chortle

Chortle = chuckle + snort
To chuckle gleefully

“Chortle” is a well-known and -established portmanteau, coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky (“‘And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? / Come to my arms, my beamish boy! / O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ / He chortled in his joy.”)  Yesterday, Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe employed the word, scolding the U.S. Congress and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for neglecting to read the bills they sign onto:  “It is no excuse to say that Congress would get much less done if every member took the time to read every bill…. Steny Hoyer chortles at the thought of asking members of Congress to do their job properly. It’s up to voters to wipe the grin off his face.”

Manny

Manny = male + nanny
What else is there to say?  It’s a dude that changes diapers, cooks, cleans, and sews for hire.

Genevieve Roja, “Manny of the House”, Metro (Jan. 4, 2001)
“At a time when 24-year-olds are claiming early retirement and placing their names on a 2001 Audi S4 waiting list, Damian Irizarry is doing a four-hour round-trip, weekly commute from San Anselmo to Santa Clara. This apparently doesn’t faze him. He loves his job as a male nanny–a “manny” as it is called in the child care industry–and nothing, it seems, is going to detract from his obligation.”

Nastrocity

Nastrocity = nasty + astrocity (pronounced nas-TRAH-sih-tee) 
An event that evokes one’s horror.  A trivial example might be observing someone vomit: “Oh, my, what a nastrocity.”

SOURCE: My wife invented this word.