Quote: “From my vantage point high atop a Lofty Perch amidst the User Base over some Years...I've been impressed!”
Frankly, I’ve been impressed by your vantage point.
It would stunningly impress anyone, as it is an extremely lofty perch, atop indeed!
Quote: “Curt, I love the word "Imagineering"”
It’s a great word to describe the creative genius of whoever came up with TotalMixFX!
But is in fact what is known in English as a contraction or portmanteau. The compressing together or blending of two words to formulate an altogether new one.
An example of a such a contraction would be the word irregardless.
A word certain people like to contend with me, that there is no such word!
Appearing for the first time in 1795 and emerging from North America, this contraction of two words gained sufficient use across the world in writings, that it was included in the dictionary.
However, it is a merely a contraction of two words that could be readily be used entirely interchangeably, irrespective and regardless. Blended together to create the word irregardless.
(I have a pal who works in the New Word Dept. of the OED, widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. Its amazing, both how many new words emerge year by year, and how radically they can change over time).
One important differential between the OED and most dictionary’s, is that both the original meaning of the word is given, as at its first recorded use; and every recorded change in that word’s meaning chronologically, as it has evolved over time. Enabling the tracing of the history of a words development over centuries. The extraordinary thing is, some words today, mean the exact opposite, that they did originally. The word "Fine" is a good example.
Thus, “Imagineering” is a contraction or portmanteau, a blend of two words "imagination" and "engineering".
Its meaning, is the implementation of creative ideas in practical form.
The word was originally created by Alcoa, Cira 1940, and used in a great many publications of various types, many scientific, which ensured its inclusion in the dictionary.
(For a word to be accepted in the OED there are very strict rules. These relate to the number of times a word is used in printed publications and the world-wide extent of their use and acceptance internationally).
“Imagineering” is in fact a registered trademark of The Walt Disney Company, “Walt Disney Imagineering”. However, as explained, neither Disney nor anyone in his company “imagined” or "engineered" the word. I have some great stories about Walt Disney, but will spare you them here.