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This entry is trivia, which is cool and all, but not a trope. On a work, it goes on the Trivia tab. Portmanteau Series Nickname (Feature Type) permalink

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Many Anime series have fairly lengthy titles. Frequently, they wind up picking up a Portmanteau Series Nickname, with a syllable or two of each word in the series name. Sometimes, the producers explicitly encourage this, and refer to the series using the nickname in the Post Episode Trailer. Portmanteau words are the Japanese equivalent of acronyms. The Japanese language is syllabic — instead of [...] [tvtropes.org]