GATORIZE!

My portmanteau: Gatorize 

DEFINITION AND OBSERVATION:

My portmanteau is pretty simple. It's Gatorize, which means to brand anything or anyone into a Florida Gator. It took me a while to get Gatorized, but after my preview, I knew I was. UF Gatorized my mom too. Just the other day she taught my niece back home how to do a Gator champ. I was proud. She also keeps up with our school's football team. They really Gatorized her.

I used my word around friends and coworkers. Most laughed at it. Some used it back but it never really caught on. A few friends thought the word was easy to understand once it's used. And it's pretty useful around this time while a lot of high school seniors are graduating and going off to college. Many seasoned Gators wish to Gatorize their younger siblings into joining the university.