January 02, 2006, 10:02
KallehKangaroo Words
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?
June 10, 2006, 05:28
LeenolWould Befold work, as it has
Old in it.
June 10, 2006, 08:04
<Asa Lovejoy>I prefer opossum words myself.
How about
decimate? Or
Decimate?
June 10, 2006, 17:05
haberdasher...but kangaroo-words are supposed to define themselves, with the same meaning for both the big and the little word. Like C
ARPE
NTER.
Games Magazine had a whole page of these several months ago.
June 11, 2006, 04:31
CaterwaullerYikes - these are hard! I am clueless! Other than Games Mag, is there a good source for this sort of word?
June 11, 2006, 09:20
haberdasherFour-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...
June 20, 2006, 20:35
KallehB
aby
A baby comes from the uterus which is in the abdomen??? Nah!
June 21, 2006, 16:48
haberdasher irritatedafterthought: Does "seeing ir
ritat
ed" count, too?
June 21, 2006, 20:58
KallehOh, that's a good one...a double kangaroo! I imagine there aren't many of those.