Underthinking It: AP English Portmanteau Names

For when you’re writing high-class slashfic.

Portmanteau names for all your shipping needs.

Othello x Desdemona: Desilo

Oedipus x Jocasta: Joctopussy

Catherine x Heathcliff: Heathcat Bar

Huckleberry Finn x Tom Sawyer: Huckster

Don Quixote x Dulcinea: Dulce de Xote

Jay Gatsby x Tom Buchanan: TomGats

Leopold Bloom x Stephen Dedalus: Lepolus

Sidney Carlton x Madame Defarge: Sid & Knitsy

Van Helsing x Mina Harker x Lucy Westenra: Hels’ Belles

Big Brother x Winston: Big Win

Jane Eyre x Bertha: Bert & Eyrnie

Billy Pilgrim x Kilgore Trout: Kil Bill

Odysseus x Penelope: Penus

Adam x Raphael x Yahweh x Eve x Lucifer the Morning Star: Arweh Evenstar

Rosencrantz x Guildenstern: Dead

3 Comments on “Underthinking It: AP English Portmanteau Names”

  1. JosephFM #

    I’m sure some of these are already in use on Tumblr.

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  2. cat #

    BOO. You’re so not doing it right.

    Othello x Desdemona: Othesdemona

    Oedipus x Jocasta: Joedipus

    Catherine x Heathcliff: Cathcliff/Heatherine

    Huckleberry Finn x Tom Sawyer: Tomberry

    Don Quixote x Dulcinea: Aldonza the whore

    Jane Eyre x Bertha: Jane Eyre

    Odysseus x Penelope: Odysselope

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    • Shana Mlawski OTI Staff #

      I did think of Joedipus, actually. It’s so fun to say. Joedipus Joedipus Joedipus

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