One of the delights of the English language is the unexpected discoveries it permits - and for me, “kangaroo words” turned out to be just that. As every child knows, kangaroos carry their young, known ...

Those of you who read last week's column are already aware that Kangaroo Words are words that contain all the letters of a synonym, called a joey word, within themselves. Now that we have that brief ...

Do you carry something around with you that you like? Take me, for instance: I always have a tube of Burt's Bees lip balm in my left pocket. I can grab it out of my pocket, take the cap off, apply it, ...

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They can be found everywhere including in synanagrams, antigrams, compound words, portmanteaus and even kangaroo words. A closer look at words bearing words. An error ...

Do you carry something around with you that you like? Take me, for instance: I always have a tube of Burt’s Bees lip balm in my left pocket. I can grab it out of my pocket, take the cap off, apply it, ...