Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·1992
Goldendoodle
golden retriever poodle
- Meaning
- A crossbreed between golden retriever and poodle.
- Source words
- golden retriever + poodle
- Coined by
- collective
- Year
- 1992
Background
Emerged in US breeder catalogues around 1992, though labradoodle (1988) is four years older. The suffix -doodle is now productive — shepadoodle, pyradoodle, sheepadoodle all exist.
Contemporary (2000–)
Faster coinage, faster canonisation. Brexit and podcast both reached the OED within a decade of first use — historically rapid. Social media has made visibility, not invention, the rate-limiting step.
Two words, one coinage.
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