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Kangaroo Words

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An open list of 115 words by oroboros.

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Words containing letters in sequence, together or apart, that form a definition or instance of the subsuming word. E.g., conTAmINaTe = the kangaroo word. TAINT = the joey. Theme from a NYT X-word (Derrick Niederman & Will Shortz--date unknown). See Kangaroo Words 2 for joey-antonyms.

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  • oroboros Hey! Good one, mollusque, thanks. Jun 24, 2011

  • mollusque bRAdburY Jun 24, 2011

  • Wordplayer I think you misspelled chandeliers though. Anyway, thanks for accepting my input. May 3, 2011

  • oroboros Thanks, Wp. May 3, 2011

  • Wordplayer Would ChANDeLiErS and inSIGNia count? May 2, 2011

  • oroboros Well, we know he certainly wasn't a COD...'tho maybe a CAD! Jun 18, 2008

  • yarb Perhaps, through long observation of the multifarious forms life takes, he came to believe in the existence of the MONAD. Jun 18, 2008

  • mollusque This raises some questions about Old MacDonald. He was a MAN, but was he a DAD? Or an ex-CON? Did he go MAD from all the noise? Jun 17, 2008

  • oroboros Hey m.! That's a new wrinkle. Seems good to me; go for it! Jun 17, 2008

  • mollusque Oroboros, do items like "macdOnaLD" qualify? Jun 17, 2008

  • oroboros Okay gang here's the joey-antonym list...

    Thanks to all for the suggestions. Apr 25, 2008

  • arcadia How about giANT? (Kangaroo word with joey antonym, if you ever start that list). Apr 25, 2008

  • chained_bear I'm wanting to add revolutionary (REVOLuTionary) but I feel like it's probably cheating. So I won't. Apr 24, 2008

  • mollusque What about cause and effect? PANdemIC. Apr 23, 2008

  • oroboros Excellent, sionnach! I'm feeling most edified about it all right now. ;o) Apr 23, 2008

  • reesetee Ah, crossword puzzles. Gotta love 'em. :-) Apr 23, 2008

  • sionnach Just as a single mommy kangaroo can give birth to twin joeys, in rare cases joey has multiple mommies:

    Example - irate shares the ancestors infuriated and irritated

    sly: slippery stealthy slinky

    dead: deceased departed decapitated decayed

    Obviously, it is the little runty words that are more likely to have multiple parents (it takes a village and all that)
    Apr 23, 2008

  • sionnach So joey-antonyms would be something like friend/fiend, or cremate/create or pest/pet? Apr 23, 2008

  • oroboros I just finished a NYT X-word (Derrick Niederman & Will Shortz--no date) that used it as a theme and I figured Wordies would be able to come up with a lot more. The puzzle claims that kangaroo word is in the dictionary but I had no luck finding same. It is in Wikipedia, however. :o)

    A spinoff that I haven't seen would be kangaroo words where the antonym is carried in the joey-pocket! Apr 22, 2008

  • reesetee I second that--what a great idea. How'd you come up with this, o? Apr 22, 2008

  • oroboros Thanks c_b. And I figured that sionnach would waste no time in finding more. If you don't wanna add 'em sionnach, I will... Apr 22, 2008

  • chained_bear Oroboros, this is an awesome list idea, and I especially love the title. :) Apr 22, 2008

  • sionnach Cool list.

    destRUctIoN? TwItCh? SAlVagE? Apr 22, 2008