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How the notebook worksEvery page answers two questions: what kind of thinking it keeps, and how far along that thinking is.What it keepsNotesmy thoughts in fluxTopicA gathering point. It collects the notes underneath it, and sometimes nothing is written in the middle.Minethis oneMy ideas, at every stage of thought.InspiredNot fully, or mostly, original. It says whose idea it started as.StubNot enough to say in public yet. Here for the links in and out.How far alongSteepingThin and early. Written down so I can find out what I think of it.BrewingHas a shape, still moving. Most of the notebook lives here.PouredFinished, which is not the same as long. Five words can be poured.Mix kind and stage on the benchEdited

Portmanteau

Definition

According to Merriam-Webster, portmanteau refers to:

A word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts (such as smog from smoke and fog)

On occasion, I find these to be a fun way to express an idea.

Aside from that, it is also:

a large suitcase

Connection to public PKM project.

When I was coming up with a name for my public PKM project, my goal was to make a clever name that would allow me to refer to it as a project. After some brainstorming, I came up with Imprompt Bru, which is a portmanteau of impromptu and brew. I describe my thinking about the name on the start page:

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After sharing the name with a few folks, including Max Roberts and Steve Morton, I decided that it was worth further clarifying to the name by using the version of a u with an umlaut (ü). And so Imprompt Brü was born. Max also encouraged me that I should consider getting a domain for the project. After some discussion, I acquired www.impromptbru.com and www.impromptbrew.com. This allows me to draw in the visitor even if they spell ‘bru’ and ‘brew’.

Other Portmanteau’s1 that I enjoy:

  • Animatronics (animation + electronics)
  • Botox (botulism + toxin)
  • Brainiac (brain + maniac)
  • Brexit (Britain + exit)
  • Dumbfounded (dumb + confounded)
  • Email (electronic + mail)
  • Gastropub (gastronomy + pub)
  • Hangry (hungry + angry)
  • Hazmat (hazardous + material)
  • Podcast (iPod + broadcast)
  • Webinar (web + seminar) – a presentation or seminar held online

References

  1. I really wish the plural of portmanteau was portmanteaux. Sadly, this is not the case. ↩

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