Slunched

A couple were watching the Netflix show Griselda, and noticed how Sofia Vergara’s character had a posture that always looked “slunched”. This is a word blend malaphor of “slouched” (standing or sitting in a lazy, drooping way) and “hunched” (bending the top of one’s body forward). Single word blend malaphors are unconscious blends of words to make an unintentional new word. The word sounds or looks correct at first blush, but then on closer examination is incorrect. Examples on this website include “Buckminster Palace” (Buckingham and Westminster, and/or possibly Buckminster Fuller) and “split-minute decision” (split second and last minute). “Wegners” is a recent one (Wegmans and Redner’s, both grocery stores), uttered by Dr. Oz in the last Pennsylvania Senate race.

A big thanks to Kristen Assi for unintentionally saying this one and Anthony Kovacs for sending it in!