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Topic Options #170162 - 09/24/07 12:28 AM Words in words Hydra addict Registered: 08/02/06 Posts: 631 Is there a name for a complete word that can be obtained from another word without rearranging any letters? Sometimes the words suit each other but are not related etymologically (take the word strum in instrumental) but usually they are completely unrelated (like the ogre in progressive). For the time being, let's call them lineagrams. Edited by Hydra (09/24/07 12:30 AM) Top #170171 - 09/24/07 11:59 AM Re: Words in words [Re: Hydra] AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6481 Loc: lower upstate New York I think Anu calls them kangaroo words. Top #170173 - 09/24/07 12:31 PM Re: Words in words [Re: AnnaStrophic] of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park do you gnu any? _________________________ my other obsession Top #170176 - 09/24/07 02:44 PM Re: Words in words [Re: of troy] Myridon addict Registered: 10/24/05 Posts: 557 Loc: Dallas, TX Kangaroo words contain another smaller word that is a synonym, as roo is a smaller (baby) kangaroo, e.g. illuminated contains lit. Some kangaroo words do fall into Hydra's definition, cleanse for example, though many do not as it doesn't require the letters be adjacent. A special case of Hydra's kind in which the whole word can be reanalyzed: therapist = the rapist Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187593 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 15 Guests and 28 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6596 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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