Academic Article About Thatchussy

Université de Montréal They will never write an academic article about the Thatchussy In this paper, I present another such class of words from a recent language game, pussy blends (e.g., (Margaret) Thatcher + pussy > thatchussy), and examine their potential contribution to the study of informal word-building processes. As they appear at first glance to be most similar to blends, the behaviour of 1,338 pussy blends in an automati-

A four-panel meme shows the Université de Montréal logo, a distressed cartoon character claiming that no academic article will ever be written about “thatchussy,” and then a mock academic paper that does exactly that. The joke is the absurd creation of a scholarly-sounding linguistic analysis for a vulgar portmanteau combining Margaret Thatcher with “pussy.” It is used as a reaction to unexpectedly serious academic treatment of something ridiculous. EN: A four-panel meme shows the Université de Montréal logo, a distressed cartoon character claiming that no academic article will ever be written about “thatchussy,” and then a mock academic paper that does exactly that. The joke is the absurd creation of a scholarly-sounding linguistic analysis for a vulgar portmanteau combining Margaret Thatcher with “pussy.” It is used as a reaction to unexpectedly serious academic treatment of something ridiculous.

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