Portmanteau. "Motel" is one,
Portmanteau. "Motel" is one,
Portmanteau. "Motel" is one.
What gives?

You take "hotel" and
"H" excise.
And from "motor"
You take the first of five
Letters, and then impose
The "M" in front of these
Left with "H" removed
From "hotel." What you sees--

A new word, it's a portmanteau.
"Motel"'s a portmanteau,
"Motel"'s a portmanteau,
So's "bleen."

Portmanteau is just a name
That is derived
(Norman Conquest long-lived)
From our French brothers
That we've sometimes haut-fived.
(They're such wonderful words)

Portmanteaus, like "dramedy,"
Portmanteaus, such as "fugly,"
Portmanteaus, such as "mingy,"
There's some.

They can be 'bout fruit and veg,
Like "tangelo."
Blend "ghetto" and "retro,"
You get "ghettro."
Then there's "carboloy,"
And CREEP, CREEP, CREEP--
No, that's an acronym,
Unlike "veep" or "Jeep,"
Which were once abbreviations. . .
Became words in time.
Make one up; marching time: "marime."

For a large list of portmanteau,
Large list of portmanteaus,
Large list of portmanteaus,
Go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaux#General