What's your nominee for the best portmanteau of 2012?

What's your nominee for the best portmanteau of 2012?
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answer:Got these from Car Talk: Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn’t get it. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an ass#&%*.
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