Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·2003
Yogalates
yoga Pilates
- Meaning
- A hybrid fitness practice combining elements of yoga and Pilates.
- Source words
- yoga + Pilates
- Coined by
- Louise Solomon
- Year
- 2003
Background
Solomon, an Australian fitness instructor, trademarked *Yogalates* in 2003 though similar hybrids had existed informally. Illustrates a 21st-century pattern: fitness innovation as brandable portmanteau.
Contemporary (2000–)
Faster coinage, faster canonisation. Brexit and podcast both reached the OED within a decade of first use — historically rapid. Social media has made visibility, not invention, the rate-limiting step.
Two words, one coinage.
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