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My theme on Wordcraftjr this week is kangaroo words, which is a word that carries its own baby word with the same meaning within it. An example that I posted for today's word is recline. Can you come up with others without Googling? | ||
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Would Befold work, as it has Old in it. | |||
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I prefer opossum words myself. How about decimate? Or Decimate? | ||
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Well, there is fatigable. | |||
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...but kangaroo-words are supposed to define themselves, with the same meaning for both the big and the little word. Like CARPENTER. Games Magazine had a whole page of these several months ago. | |||
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Yikes - these are hard! I am clueless! Other than Games Mag, is there a good source for this sort of word? ******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama | |||
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Four-million-plus hits on Google, and Richard Lederer has a column on the subject, for after you have tried and found how difficult they are to find/consruct, and maybe given up... | |||
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masculine | |||
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disparagement also contains "rag" | |||
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Baby A baby comes from the uterus which is in the abdomen??? Nah! | |||
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Infant | ||
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irritated afterthought: Does "seeing irritated" count, too? | |||
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Oh, that's a good one...a double kangaroo! I imagine there aren't many of those. | |||
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feasible and capable reclines | |||
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observe | |||
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