Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Early 20th century ·1903
Travelogue
travel monologue
- Meaning
- A film, book, or illustrated lecture about a journey.
- Source words
- travel + monologue
- Coined by
- Burton Holmes
- Year
- 1903
Background
Holmes, an American photographer and lecturer, coined the word to describe his illustrated travel presentations. The form is *travel* spliced with the end of *monologue*, preserving both.
Early 20th century
Industrialisation generated new things that needed new names, fast. Motoring, electricity, telecommunications, and urban pollution all produced portmanteaus within a generation of their arrival.
Two words, one coinage.
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