"Well, 'slithy' means `lithe and slimy.' `Lithe' is the same as `active.' You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word." (Humpty Dumpty explaining the meaning of a portmanteau to Alice, Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there - Lewis Carroll)
Little did the 8 year old Roger know of portmanteaus. He had however created one himself, and he was rather fond of it. It fitted perfectly into his mind of adventures.
"Let's go on an exploriance!" he would exclaim early on a sunny morning.
Roger would then take jacket and hat and embark on his exploriance. He would put the word this way: "to undergo an experience whilst exploring." On these pleasant jaunts the young boy would spend the day running across meadows and climbing up trees: he loved the wide green expanses of the Yorkshire Dales and feeling the strong breeze rush across his skin.
Chasing clouds, racing alongside streams and jumping into cow pats in his wellington boots: it was all Roger dreamt of doing from dawn till dusk.
Little did the 8 year old Roger know of portmanteaus. He had however created one himself, and he was rather fond of it. It fitted perfectly into his mind of adventures.
"Let's go on an exploriance!" he would exclaim early on a sunny morning.
Roger would then take jacket and hat and embark on his exploriance. He would put the word this way: "to undergo an experience whilst exploring." On these pleasant jaunts the young boy would spend the day running across meadows and climbing up trees: he loved the wide green expanses of the Yorkshire Dales and feeling the strong breeze rush across his skin.
Chasing clouds, racing alongside streams and jumping into cow pats in his wellington boots: it was all Roger dreamt of doing from dawn till dusk.
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