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Has anyone heard of a term for synonyms that are hidden in a word, in order? For example: deceased has "dead" inside of it and in order. Fabrication has "fiction". I've come up with a lot of these and just wondered if there was a term for them.
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Heh! That's funny! I'm amazed what people can do with language.
( My betters may have a word for it )
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Hi John,
I don't know, but someone here will.
Give us a few more examples while we wait.
Welcome.
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Wordsmith: with wit
but also worm and wort
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precipitation-rain
salvage-save
stocking-sock
embellished-lied
gigantic-giant
purpose-use
Let me know if you come up with any.
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Anu had this as a theme and I finally remembered the term: kangaroo words. Here's the Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_word
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Yes, that's it! I remember. Now we have to check the list if we think we find a new one.
In the words in the list the characters do not shift places.
John has some free ones and some strict ones.
(These are a bitty freestyle variations)
volatile-volta
tentacles-net
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Don't know if these count or not, but this is fun!
bedazzle - daze
stricken - sick
ponderous - onerous
espouse - pose
supposition - posit
I wonder if there is a similar term for words that contain an antonym.
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Hi! no guy Porcupine  , and I ain't gonna call you Porc. It's fun, which counts a big deal. Only this game has a little disturbing side effect. Yesterday evening when I was reading I had to force my mind to read on without looking for possible Kangarooish Words. We'll see if the words will be rejected- red.
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I came up with some more. Some are a stretch, but oh well.
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I came up with some more. Some are a stretch, but oh well.
shielded-hid
rampaged-raged
matched-mated
separate-part
alignment-aim
cloistered-closed
desalinate-desalt
menacing-mean
satisfied-sated
feasted-ate
masculine-male
revenged-evened
illuminated-lit
strained-tried
gathering-gang
regulate-rule
squeaked-eked
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That is really cool, John.
Sneaking a peek from work, so I've no time to think of some off the top of my head, but I am enjoying this thread.
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okay, who's going to wade through wikipedia's list of kangaroo words (see above) and determine how many have been covered here?  - joe (determined not to) fridayedit: but here is the site search for this occasional theme.
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Oh! butterfly, flutter by!
Which is more like an anagram?
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BranShea is brash. She thinks that The Netherlands is her lands and thinks that American men are mean. But not me. I am a Puerto Rican. See? Den Haag is but a den of har ageous artists. Look closely and you might see The BranShea. http://www.dofferhoff.com/
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themilum, I took back those rash words. I should have looked up harangeous before acting.
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