Meaning of smush name | Babel Free

Definitions

A portmanteau name created by blending two different names, especially one used to collectively describe a celebrity couple or fandom ship.

informal

Examples

“When my friend Danielle (there's THAT name again) was pregnant with her oldest daughter we came across a book (of which I forget the title) which actually advocated smush names. One of the more...ahem...interesting names I remember is Shetom. It was a smush of Sheila and Thomas.”

“She looked up at them, half-expecting paparazzi to leap from the very walls to take photos, to give the couple a smush name that would undoubtedly be the key in making the new media darlings.”

“They yell, “Sup, Shage,” when we walk past; we're a smush name now.”

“Brangelina and Snamione are smush names.”

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