Results of The Style Invitational's First Portmanteau Contest

Palindromedary: The camelemac, a two-humped beast of burden. (Chuck Smith, Woodbridge)

Penultimatum: I'm going to tell you this only one more time after this . . . (Dot Yufer, Newton, W. Va.)

Pestivate: To spend the summer sponging off relatives. (Mel Loftus, Holmen, Wis.)

Prostituition: A whorrible way to pay for college. (Seth Brown, Williamstown, Mass.)

Pseudonymphomaniac: Mrs. John Smith (Chris Doyle, Forsyth, Mo.)

Punditto: Talking heads who keep agreeing with each other. (Joseph Romm, Washington)

Serpentateuch: In which Genesis is retold from the point of view of the snake. (Chris Doyle, Forsyth, Mo.)

Shagrin: Regret regarding whom one has just awakened next to. (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)

Slothello: A quick tempered Moor who, overcome with jealousy, wants to kill his wife, his friend and himself, but never gets around to it. (Jordy Keith and Adam Bauserman, Canon City, Colo.)

Snydermatology: The controversial practice of removing unsightly blemishes on your Skins; sometimes does more damage than good. (Doug Burns, Falls Church)

Subterraneanderthal: A subway groper. (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)

Teatery: A Hooters restaurant. (Tom Witte, Gaithersburg)

Therapistemologist: One who asks, "How do you know that you know what you feel about that?" (Peter Carlton, Waldorf)

Trepanache: The ability to keep your head when someone is trying to drill holes in it. (Chuck Smith, Woodbridge)

Vivacuous: Describing a cheerleader. (John R. Shea, Philadelphia)

Zeppelingerie: Undergarments for the full-figured frau. (Frank Mullen III, Aledo, Ill.)