Annexe D :
DÉFINITIONS DES COMPOSÉS AMALGAMÉS DU CORPUS D’ÉTUDE

ABC : “Atomic, biological, and chemical.” (RHUD)

ABS : “A type of strong plastic copolymer.” (EWED)

adenosine : “A compound (adenine combined with ribose) which occurs in living cells in the form of phosphates, whose breakdown provides energy for muscle action and other processes. (COEDCE2)

agitprop : “1. Agitation and propaganda, especially for the cause of communism. 2. An agency or department, as of a government, that directs and coordinates agitation and propaganda. 3. A person who is trained or takes part in such activities.” (RHUD)

alcopop : “A drink made of a soft drink, e.g. lemonade, mixed with alcohol.” (EWED)

alnico : “A permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.” (RHUD)

alphameric : voir alphanumeric.

alphanumeric : “Consisting of both letters and numbers and often other symbols (as punctuation marks and mathematical symbols).” (MWOD)

altazimuth : “An instrument for determining both the altitude and the azimuth of a heavenly body.” (RHUD)

amatol : “A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.” (AHD4)

Amerasian : “Somebody of mixed American and Asian parentage.” (EWED)

ammonal : “A high explosive consisting chiefly of powdered aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT.” (RHUD)

aprium : “A hybrid stone fruit that is a cross between an apricot and a plum. The fruit is predominately an apricot, being 3/4’s apricot and 1/4 plum with a smooth orange outer skin, without fuzz, that covers a bright orange juicy flesh. The flavor is that of a much sweeter apricot with only a hint of plum taste.” (HGKFT)

ascared : “Afraid; scared.” (RHUD)

atemoya : “A white-pulped tropical fruit of a tree that is a hybrid of the sweetsop and the cherimoya.” (MWOD)

ballute : “A cross between a balloon and a parachute, used to brake the free fall of sounding rockets.” (GDT)

balun : “A transformer used to couple balanced and unbalanced transmission lines.” (EWED)

beefalo : “A hybrid animal that is 3/8 to 3/32 buffalo, the remaining genetic component being domestic cow, bred for disease resistance and for meat with low fat content.” (RHUD)

Benelux : “An economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, original-ly established as a customs union in 1948.” (AHD4)

BLT : “Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.” (WN2.1)

bodacious : “1. Thorough; blatant; unmistakable. 2. Remarkable; outstanding. 3. Au-dacious; bold or brazen.” (RHUD)

Braford : “One of a breed of beef cattle, developed in the southwestern U.S. from Brahman and Hereford stock, especially well adapted to sparse grazing and a hot, humid environment.” (RHUD)

Brangus : “One of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.” (RHUD)

broccoflower : “Broccoflower is the result of a cross between broccoli and cauliflower. Although its physical attributes resemble cauliflower, it has the color and flavor of broccoli.” (WIKI)

brunch : “A meal typically eaten late in the morning as a combination of a late breakfast and an early lunch.” (AHD4)

bulimarexia : “A syndrome in which the symptoms of both bulimia and anorexia nervosa are present, characterized by distorted body image, excessive weight loss, and use of forced vomiting to compensate for periods of binge eating.” (RHUD)

Cablinasian : “Somebody whose racial ancestry is thoroughly mixed, with white, African American, Native American, and Asian elements in it.” (EWED)

cafegymnatorium : “A large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves as a cafeteria, a gymnasium, and an auditorium.” ²⁴³

cafetorium : “A large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves both as a cafeteria and as an auditorium.” (AHD4)

Can-Am : “Relating to or involving both Canada and the United States.” (EWED)

cattalo : voir beefalo.

cermet : “A durable substance able to withstand high temperatures, formed by bonding ceramic particles with metal.” (EWED)

Charbray : “The Charbray is the results of the blending of two breeds, the Charolais and the Brahman. The Charbray is 5/8 Charolais and 3/8 Brahman.” (<http://www.ansi. okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/charbray/> [page consultée le 5 mai 2006]).

chillax : “1. To relax; to be laid back. 2. To calm down.” (WIKT ²⁴⁴ )

chortle : “A snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle.” (AHD4)

Chromel : “A brand name for a group of nickel-chromium alloys, some with an iron content, having high electrical resistance: used in heating devices and thermo-couples.” (RHUD)

chuman : “The chuman (also known as the humanzee) is a hypothetical chimpanzee / human hybrid. Chimpanzees and humans are very closely related (most agree that they have 98.4 % of their DNA in common), leading to contested speculation that a hybrid is possible.” (WIKI)

citrange : “A hybrid fruit produced by crossing the hardy trifoliate orange, Citrus trifoliata, with the common sweet orange.” (OEDO)

cockapoo : “One of a variety of dogs crossbred from a cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.” (RHUD)

codec : “A set of equipment that encodes an analogue speech or video signal into digital form for transmission purposes and at the receiving end decodes the digital signal into a form close to its original.” (CED6)

coltan : “Coltan (= columbite-tantalite) is a black tar-like mineral. It is used to produce tantalum mostly for use in capacitors, which are used in a vast array of small elec-tronic devices, especially in mobile phones, laptop computers, pagers, and the like.” (WIKI)

compander : “A combination of a compressor at one point and an expander at another, the compressor reducing the volume of a signal and the expander restoring it.” (RHUD)

coopetition : “Coopetition is the concept of limited cooperation between competitors, and usually arises in rapidly changing industries where companies are compelled to work together in the face of advances by third parties.” (WIKI)

cosmeceutical : “A product that falls between the categories designated as pharma-ceuticals and cosmetics, especially in terms of marketing.” (EWED)

coydog : “The hybrid offspring of a coyote and a feral dog.” (AHD4)

Delmarva : “Peninsula, about 180 miles long, separating Chesapeake Bay on the west from Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the east; named for the three states (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) located in part on it.” (CEE6 ²⁴⁵ )

Demopublican : voir Republicrat.

docusoap : “A television program that combines documentary style with elements of soap opera, for example, by showing the personal lives of people at their work-place.” (EWED)

docutainment : voir infotainment.

doohickey : “An object or gadget whose name you cannot remember or do not know.” (EWED)

dramedy : “A new genre of film and television in which the lines between drama and comedy are blurred.” (WIKI)

droodle : “Droodles are a kind of cartoon popularized in the U.S. by Roger Price’s 1950 book Droodles. Their general form is minimal: a square box containing a few abstract pictorial elements, and under that a caption (or several) giving a humorous “explanation” of the picture’s subject. (WIKI)

dumbfound : “To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound.” (AHD4)

edutainment : “1. The act of learning through a medium that both educates and enter-tains. 2. Any of various media, such as computer software, that educate and enter-tain.” (AHD4)

elerudder : voir ruddevator.

elevon : “A control surface on an airplane that combines the functions of an elevator and an aileron.” (AHD4)

Eurasia : “The land mass comprising the continents of Europe and Asia.” (AHD4)

faction : “A literary work or film that is a mix of fact and fiction.” (AHD4)

fantabulous : “Extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.” (RHUD)

fen-phen : “A combination of two drugs, fenfluramine hydrochloride and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.” (AHD4)

frings : “A combination of French fries and onion rings in a same dish, i.e. an order of frings.” (WIKT)

frizzle : “To sizzle while frying or cooking, or fry or cook something so that it sizzles.” (EWED)

Galinstan : “Galinstan is an alloy of gallium, indium, and tin which is liquid at room temperature, typically freezing at below 20 degrees Celsius. It finds use as a non-toxic replacement for many applications which currently employ liquid mercury or sodium-potassium alloy (NaK). Composition: 68.5 % Ga, 21.5 % In, 10 % Sn.” (WIKI)

geep : “The hybrid offspring of a goat and a sheep.” (RHUD)

ginormous : “Extremely large.” (COEDCE2)

glasphalt : “A road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.” (RHUD)

GLB : “Gay, lesbian, bisexual.” (RHUD)

gymnacafetorium : voir cafegymnatorium.

gymnatorium : “A large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves both as a cafeteria and as an auditorium.” ²⁴⁶

heliox : “Heliox is a gas that is composed of a mixture of helium (He) and oxygen (O₂). The term heliox generally describes a mixture that is 21 % O₂ (the same as air) and 79 % He, although other mixtures are available.” (WIKI)

hokum : “1. Something apparently impressive or legitimate but actually untrue or insincere; nonsense. 2. A stock technique for eliciting a desired response from an audience.” (AHD4)

humanzee : voir chuman.

humiture : “1. A measure of the discomfort most people feel because of the combined effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity; variously defined as Fahrenheit temperature plus some function of vapor pressure. 2. (Formerly) The average of the Fahrenheit temperature and the relative humidity. (RHUD)

humongous : “Extremely large; enormous.” (AHD4)

infotainment : “A television program with a mixture of news and entertainment features, such as interviews, commentaries, and reviews.” (AHD4)

Instamatic : “A brand name for a pocket-size, fixed-focus, snapshot camera.” (RHUD)

jackalope : “The jackalope (Lepus temperamentalus) is a mythical cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope (or sometimes a goat or deer), and is usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.” (WIKI)

Jacobethan : “Jacobethan is the style designation coined in 1933 by John Betjeman to describe the English Revival style made popular from the 1830s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance, with elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.” (WIKI)

kidult (N) : “An adult who is interested in forms of entertainment such as computer games, television programmes, etc., that are intended for children.” (CED6)

kidult (A) : “Aimed at or suitable for kidults, or both children and adults.” (CED6)

Khoisan : “A family of languages found chiefly in southern Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.” (RHUD)

leopon : “A leopon is the result of breeding a male leopard with a female lion, or lioness. The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body carries similarities to leopards.” (WIKI)

lesbigay : “Designating or relating to lesbians and male homosexuals collectively; (also) designating or relating to lesbians, bisexuals, and male homosexuals collectively.” (OEDO)

liger : “The offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.” (RHUD)

magalog / magalogue : “A combination of a magazine and a catalogue.” (CED6)

meld : “Blend; combine.” (COEDCE2)

mim-mem : “A teaching technique in which students imitate a model and then repeat it to the point of memorization.” (GDT)

mingy : “Mean; ungenerous.” (COEDCE2)

modem : “A device for transmitting usually digital data over telephone wires by modu-lating the data into an audio signal to send it and demodulating an audio signal into data to receive it.” (AHD4)

Morab : “The Morab is a horse breed resulting from a cross between a Morgan and an Arabian.” (WIKI)

morphosyntax : “The area of interface between morphology and syntax.” (Trask 1993)

napalm : “A highly flammable jelly-like form of petrol, used in incendiary bombs and flame-throwers.” (COEDCE2)

nicad : “A dry cell battery with electrodes of nickel and cadmium in an alkaline electro-lyte.” (EWED)

Nichrome : “An alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements.” (WN2.1)

ob-gyn : “1. The combined practice or field of obstetrics and gynecology. 2. A specialist in this field; an obstetrician-gynecologist.” (AHD4)

osmiridium : “A mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium with small inclusions of platinum, rhodium, and other metals, used in needles and wearing points.” (AHD4)

Oxbridge : “Oxford and Cambridge universities, especially when regarded as the seat of traditional academic excellence, privilege, and exclusiveness.” (AHD4)

peekapoo : “One of a variety of dogs crossbred from a Pekingese and a miniature poodle.” (RHUD)

plench : “A tool combining pliers and wrench: used especially by astronauts.” (RHUD)

plumcot : “A specialty fruit, which is a cross between a plum and an apricot with equal parts of plum and apricot parentage. It looks like a large apricot that is peach-red in color and has a flavor that combines the taste of the plum and apricot.” (HGKFT)

pluot : “A hybrid stone fruit that is a cross between a plum and an apricot. The fruit is predominantly a plum, being 3/4’s plum and 1/4 apricot with a smooth red to black outer skin that covers a bright orange juicy flesh. The flavor is a sweet combination of a plum with a mild apricot taste.” (HGKFT)

polocrosse : “Polocrosse is a combination of polo and lacrosse.” (WIKI)

pomato : “A name used by Luther Burbank (1849-1926), American horticulturist, for the fruit of a hybrid potato, which resembled a tomato; later used to designate the result of attempts to hybridize the potato and the tomato, by grafting or other methods.” (OEDO)

pootle : “To move at a leisurely pace.” (EWED)

Populuxe : “A futuristic design style of the late 1950s and early 1960s often using pastel colors, synthetic materials, and stainless steel and evoking a sense of luxury.” (AHD4)

prissy : “Behaving in a very prudish and proper way, or reflecting prudishness and properness.” (EWED)

pro-am : “1. A sports event, such as a golf tournament, in which professionals compete with or against amateurs. 2. Of, relating to, or constituting a sports event participated in by professionals and amateurs.” (AHD4)

quarab : “The quarab is a cross between an American quarter horse and an Arabian.” (WIKI)

Quechumaran : “A group of languages found mostly in the Andes highlands from southern Colombia to northern Chile and Argentina, composed of the Quechuan and Aymaran languages.” (AHD4)

rallycross : “Automobile racing on a circuit partly on roads and partly across country.” (EWED)

redox : “A chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxi-dized and the other reduced.” (RHUD)

Republicrat : “Republicrat or Demopublican are portmanteaus of the names of the two main political parties in the United States, the Republicans and the Democrats. The terms are used pejoratively by those on both the right and left who allege the policies of the two parties are in practice indistinguishable, and so form essentially one party with two names.” (WIKI)

ro-ro : “Describes a method of transportation, especially a ferry, designed so that vehicles are driven on one end and, on arrival at their destination, are driven off the other end.” (EWED)

ruckus : “A row or commotion.” (COEDCE2)

ruddevator : “A control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.” (RHUD)

rurban : “Of, relating to, or constituting an area which is chiefly residential but where some farming is carried on.” (MWOD)

SEAL : “A member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare.” (WN2.1)

semantax : “A name sometimes given to syntax and semantics taken together, when they are regarded as a single unified area of investigation, as in generative semantics.” (Trask 1993)

Senegambia : “1. A region in West Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal. 2. A confederation of Senegal and the Gambia, formed in 1982.” (RHUD)

shoat : voir geep.

siabon : “A hybrid animal bred from a gibbon and a siamang.” (RHUD)

sial : “Rock rich in silicon and aluminum forming the upper layer of the earth’s crust beneath all continental landmasses.” (AHD4)

sialma : “A mnemonic term derived from (si) for silica, (al) for alumina, and (ma) for magnesium, applied as a compositional term to a layer within the Earth that occupies a position intermediate between sial and sima.” (DMMRT2 ²⁴⁷ )

sima : “An assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth’s crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.” (RHUD)

skort : “A women’s garment resembling a short skirt but having individual leg sections usually coverd by a flip in front.” (RHUD)

slimsy : “Both slight and flimsy.” (EWED)

slumpflation : “A state or period of combined economic decline and rising inflation.” (MWOD)

smaze : “A mixture of haze and smoke.” (RHUD)

smog : “Smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.” (RHUD)

soca : “A style of music, originating in the West Indies, that is a blend of soul and calypso.” (AHD4)

Spanglish : “1. Spanish marked by numerous borrowings from English. 2. Broadly: Any of various combinations of Spanish and English.” (MWOD)

splatter : “To spatter or splash something, or be spattered or splashed.” (EWED)

Spork : “An eating utensil combining features of a spoon and a fork.” (RHUD)

squiggle : “1. To squirm and wriggle. 2. To make squiggles.” (AHD4)

stagflation : “Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unem-ployment.” (AHD4)

tangelo : “1. A hybrid citrus tree derived from grapefruit and tangerine, having aromatic fruit with a thin, smooth, moderately loose rind. 2. The fruit of this tree.” (AHD4)

tangor : “The tangor is a citrus which is a hybrid of the tangerine and the orange.” (WIKI)

tankini : “A woman’s swimsuit with a bikini bottom and a brief tank top.” (EWED)

tech-house : “A musical form that combines the smooth rich sounds of house music with the metallic sounds of techno.” (EWED)

Texarkana : “1. A city in northeast Texas. 2. A city in southwest Arkansas: contiguous with but politically independent of Texarkana, Texas. 3. Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, considered as a unit.” (RHUD)

Texican : voir Tex-Mex.

Tex-Mex : “Of or characterized by a blend of Mexican and southwest U.S. cultural elements.” (AHD4)

tiglon : “The offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.” (RHUD)

tigon : voir tiglon.

tragicomic : “A drama or a situation blending tragic and comic elements.” (MWOD)

transceiver : “A transmitter and receiver housed together in a single unit and having some circuits in common, often for portable or mobile use.” (AHD4)

turducken : “A turducken is a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck which itself is stuffed with a small deboned chicken.” (WIKI)

twiddle : “1. To play or trifle idly with something; fiddle. 2. To turn about lightly; twirl.” (RHUD)

twinight : “Relating to or being a double-header in which the first game begins in late afternoon.” (AHD4)

vibronic : “Relating to the electronic and vibrational energy states of elementary particles and atoms.” (EWED)

voltammeter : “An instrument for measuring voltage or amperage.” (RHUD)

vortac : “A system combining VOR equipment with tacan distance measuring equip-ment.” (GDT)

weeny : “Tiny.” (COEDCE2)

Wintel : “Wintel is a colloquial, often pejorative, term used to describe desktop computers of the type commonly used in homes and businesses since the late 1980s (these are PC compatible computers running a version of Microsoft Windows). The portmanteau term is a concatenation of Windows (Microsoft’s operating environ-ment) and Intel (the largest manufacturer of CPUs and the originator of the X86 processor architecture used in many of today’s PC compatible computers). In a strict sense, Wintel refers to only the two-thirds of desktop computers that run Windows on an Intel processor.” (WIKI)

wuss : “A person regarded as weak or timid and especially as unmanly.” (AHD4)

yakow : “1. A hybrid animal, produced by crossbreeding yaks with cows. 2. The meat of such an animal.” (RHUD)

zebrass : “The offspring of a zebra and an ass.” (RHUD)

zedonk : “The offspring of a zebra and a donkey.” (RHUD)

zonkey : voir zedonk.