Tuesday 12 February 2019

Отмухиваться, portmanteau parfait

Кот отмухивается // The cat is waving away the flies

Today, let’s do something Russian for a change. Kirill wrote a nice article about Blends, Melds and Portmanteaux in his blog, where he mentioned the word отмухиваться, i.e. “wave away the flies”, all in one word (отмахиваться — wave away, мухи — flies).

I did read the book “От двух до пяти”, where it comes from, but I forgot this wonderful example completely.
So I felt compelled to illustrate it.

Pictures related to cats @ Shutterstock.

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