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Miriam
Kangaroo words and joeys
A joey is a young kangaroo or other marsupial. The kangaroos are carrying their joeys in pouches. A kangaroo word is a word that carries a joey, a smaller word of similar meaning, in themselves.
ma
scu
l
in
e
: masculine + male
c
h
ick
en
: chicken + hen
ho
no
ra
ble
: honorable + noble
blo
ss
om
: blossom + bloom
(Source: <a href="
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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
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A word that contains two similar words in them is a grand kangaroo:
c
ont
a
i
n
er, con
t
a
in
er: container + can + tin
An anti-kangaroo is a word that contains a word with opposite meaning:
c
overt
: covert + overt
Learn more about kangaro words here: <a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_word
" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_word</a>
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Do you know more kangaroo words in English or other languages?
3. Juni 2020 14:36
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Miriam
Sprachfähigkeiten
Chinesisch (Mandarin), Französisch, Deutsch
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