It might cause a backroar

A discussion about a controversial social media post led to this word blend malaphor. It is a congruent conflation of “uproar” and “backlash”, both meaning a public negative reaction to something. As I have noted previously, single word blend malaphors are unconscious blends of words to make an unintentional new word. (for a discussion of the difference between a word blend malaphor and a portmanteau, see https://malaphors.com/2013/02/02/portmanteaus-and-single-word-malaphors/). 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). “Slunched” is a recent one (slouched + hunched). A tip of the hat to Mike Kovacs for unintentionally uttering this one and Anthony Kovacs for spotting it as a bona fide malaphor!