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My youngest calls portmanteau words that he particularly likes "portmantastic". I can't remember what any of them are, sadly.

Danny DeVito stars in a new ad campaign for Jersey Mike’s.

In one of the spots, he tells viewers they have to see their sub freshly sliced, while watching a Mike Jersey’s employee slicing fresh turkey ham and provolone for sandwiches. “Yep, there’s some things you just gotta see,” he declares, mentioning some lovebirds (referring to a couple eating a sub from both ends) and a man “pulling off business and casual” (a reference to his suit consisting of shirt, tie, and blazer, worn with shorts – a combination he names “bizasual”).

Every animal has a story.

In ZOOBURBIA, urban naturalist Tai Moses launches a lively exploration into "the extraordinary, unruly, half-wild realm where human and animal lives overlap." The author's woodsy backyard at the base of the Oakland hills becomes a laboratory for encounters with a variety of animals, from deer, raccoons and squirrels to birds, lizards and feral cats. The more Moses learns about their natural histories, the more curious she becomes about their life histories--their stories. After a failed attempt at backyard farming, Moses turns her energies to wildlife gardening in an effort to restore some of the dwindling habitat that sustains our wild neighbors. A captivating blend of memoir, natural history and storytelling, illustrated with original linoleum block prints by Dave Buchen, Zooburbia is a magnifying lens turned to our everyday environment.

li-ar-rhe-a
A noun
a serious condition that prevents people afflicted by it from telling the truth. A primary symptom includes the practice of claiming to have patriotic, moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.
also see:
hypocrite,
deceit,
deception,
dishonesty,
fraud,
insincerity.