美国文化脱口秀 第349期:世界上最有意思的单词

 你是不是觉得背单词很难、很无聊？！今天的节目绝对让你爱上背单词、爱上学英语！What? 听节目, 学习神奇的英语混成词！

关键词：

一对好基友

Today we'll be talking about blended words in English that combine two existing words: 今天我们要说说英语里把两个词混在一起，组成一个新的混成词

For example:

Bromance: brother + romance 基友、基情

Murse: man + purse 男人的小夹包

这类词叫“破馒头”

These words are called portmanteaus: 这些词叫混合词

Portmanteau sounds like 破馒头: Portmanteau听起来很像破馒头

Portmanteau is originally a French word. It means a suitcase with two compartments¹: portmanteau是一个法语词，原意指有两个夹层的皮箱

There are a lot of fun and useful portmanteaus in English. They'll help you sound very native and plugged in: 英语里有很多有趣的、实用的混成词；使用它们会让你的英语听起来很地道、对美国文化很了解

我很hangry!

Hangry: hungry + angry 肚子一饿、脾气就很臭

Hangry is a pretty new word. It's been around for 2 or 3 years: hangry是个挺新的词，大概就是这两三年发明的

To coin a word: 发明一个词

Most of these terms have been newly coined, but some older portmanteaus have been in the English language for a long time, such as neither and brunch²: 很多混成词是这两年才涌现的，但是也有一些历史悠久的混成词，比如：

Neither: not + either

Brunch: breakfast + lunch

世界上最有意思的单词

直男癌

Mansplain: man + explain 直男癌说教

It means to talk down to woman, in a very condescending³ way: 意思就是用很不懈、很轻蔑的口吻跟女人解释、说话

A man who mansplains is a mansplainer: 一个这样说教的男人是个mansplainer

Something they might say is, "You're a woman, you wouldn't understand": 他们典型的台词就是“你们女人不懂”

视频网红

Vlogging = video + blogging 视频博客

Blogging = web + logging

Video clip, clip: 短视频

Vlogging became a really popular term when YouTube started becoming a more commonly used platform for people to post videos: Youtube推动了vlogging红人

Vlogger: 视频创作者

吃货一定要知道的混成词

Cronut: croissant + donut 羊角甜甜圈

Cronuts became famous in New York a few years ago, and lines to get them were very long: cronut诞生在纽约，前几年特别红，要排几小时队才买得到

豆腐火鸡

Tofurkey: tofu + turkey 素火鸡

During Thanksgiving, being a vegetarian⁴ can get quite lonely, so tofurkey was born: 感恩节，素食主义者没东西吃，所以素火鸡诞生了

哇，鸡中鸡！

Turducken: turkey + duck + chicken 火鸡＋鸭＋鸡

It's a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey: 就是把一只鸡塞在一只鸭里面，再塞到一只火鸡里

It's pretty advanced cooking: 这真是功夫菜

电影电视类

Romcom: romantic + comedy 浪漫喜剧

Dramedy: drama + comedy 剧情喜剧

Mockumentary: mock + documentary 伪纪录片类型，比如美剧Veep(副总统)这类型的

Edutainment: education + entertainment 寓教于乐

OpenLanguage delivers an edutainment experience: 开言英语的风格就是寓教于乐

时尚类

Jeggings: jean + leggings 贴身紧身牛仔裤

Jeggings look like jeans but feel like leggings and always contain a lot of stretch: jegging看起来像牛仔裤，但材质更像紧身裤，很有弹性

Murse: man+purse 男人用的小皮包

每天都能用的混成词

Chillax: chill + relax 放松休闲

Chill means to take it easy, to calm down: chill的意思是放轻松

If someone is very tense and stressed or angry, you can say "chill": 如果一个人很紧张、压力大、生气，你可以跟他说“chill”

You can use chillax to describe your weekend plans, e.g. I'm gonna chillax this weekend: 你能用chillax来谈论自己的周末安排，比如" I'm gonna chillax this weekend"

是朋友也是敌人

Frenemy: friend+enemy 既是朋友又是敌人

Smog: smoke + fog 雾霾

Pleather: plastic + leather 人造革

In North America, people who are concerned about the environment and animal rights will wear pleather, and apparel made from this material is often quite expensive: 在北美，很多环保人士会买pleather, 人造革制品，这些通常都很贵，可能比真皮还贵

最后来个魔性词

Fantabulous: fantastic + fabulous⁵ 魔性美丽

We wish you a fantabulous day! 祝大家有fantabulous的一天！

1 compartments   

n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 )；（列车车厢的）隔间；（家具或设备等的）分隔间；隔层

参考例句：

• Your pencil box has several compartments. 你的铅笔盒有好几个格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The first-class compartments are in front. 头等车室在前头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

3 condescending   

adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的

参考例句：

• He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
• He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时，他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。

4 vegetarian   

n.素食者；adj.素食的

参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。

5 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。