Is there a term that describes words like "Amerikkka" or "Obummer"?

On many political forums, I see commenters write terms like "Amerikkka" or "Obummer" in an effort to be derisive. What's the word for this sort of thing? They're often repeated in lieu of an argument, so maybe it's a sort of meme? It's a bit more specific than a portmanteau. "Shibboleth" comes to mind, too, but I'm not sure if it's the best fit.

Solution 1:

satiric misspellings

ArnoldF pointed out this wikipedia entry for satiric misspelling,

I thought I was coining a term but, as it looks like others have also used it to some extent, I'll list it as an answer.

A satiric misspelling is an intentional misspelling of a word, phrase or name for a rhetorical purpose. This is often done by replacing a letter with another letter (for example, k replacing c), or symbol (for example, $ replacing s, @ replacing a, or ¢ replacing c). Satiric misspelling is found particularly in informal writing on the Internet, but can also be found in some serious political writing that opposes the status quo.

A common satiric usage of the letters KKK is the spelling of America as Amerikkka, alluding to the Ku Klux Klan, drawing to a perceived notion of an underlying or inherent racism in American society. The earliest known usage of Amerikkka recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1970, in a journal called Black World. Presumably, this was an extrapolation from the then already widespread Amerika

I will concede that the wording doesn't as neatly fit "obummer" as it does "amerikkka" ... and perhaps something more specific could be found to describe a satiric misspelling with a more phonetic aspect to it. Pehaps a distinction could be made and call those "satiric mispronunciations" But those can also be written, not always said aloud.