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My new Portmanteau: Jourdling

After getting married, I had come up with a cute way to combine my maiden and married names for a screen name. I was asked why I did that and had to refresh my memory of the term, as well as listen to the pronunciation. So, I started informing people it is a portmanteau, like brunch or smog, because the name contains two names that are both aspects of me. It seemed once I knew how to pronounce portmanteau, I became inspired to create and use my own. After the busy time of our wedding, I am finally starting to set up a bullet journal, deciding what sections to have.  I have a section devoted to journaling and doodling. I thought there should be a word for that, so I researched it, but couldn't find one. So, I decided I would invent a new word combining the two terms to name my bullet journal section. I first used one letter of journaling with doodle as the ending minus one letter. Good thing I researched it, as it has a slang meaning for something sort of derogatory! I was try