Why did the sales of toothpaste brands Pepsodent and Close-up precipitously drop during a particular SCAM involving fossil fuels?
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'cause during that time, everyone was taking about "COAL"GATE

Let me also talk about an interesting misconception about the word SCAM

Most people mistakenly believe that scam, the word for a scandal that involves money, is also a PORTMANTEAU word (combination of scandal and money). However compelling it may seem, it’s not correct. Scam is a word of obscure origin.

Portmanteau is a large travelling case, which opens out into two equal compartments. It originated from French porter—“to carry” and manteau—“a cloak”; it was a travelling case meant to carry a cloak. Amusingly, it also refers to words formed as a result of the union of two different words.

Some of the popular portmanteau words are:

1. Motel: formed in 1920s by combining motor and hotel
2. Smog is a phenomenon seen in pollution-ridden cities during cooler evenings, when fog entraps smoke near the surface, and is literally a combination of smoke plus fog
3. Travelogue comes from a combination of travel and monologue
4. Avionics from aviation and electronics
5. Pulsar is a pulsating star, and
6. Brunch comes from breakfast plus lunch

Did I miss any other popular portmanteau word? What say?English Bites! My 'Fullproof' English Learning Formula Manish Gupta