| 词条 | Kangaroo word |
| 释义 |
A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another synonymous word in its correct sequence. For example: the word masculine contains the word male, which is a synonym of the first word; similarly, the word alone contains its synonym lone. EtymologyThe etymology of the phrase kangaroo word is from the fact that kangaroos carry their young, known as joeys, in a body pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words carry their joey words within themselves. A twin kangaroo is a kangaroo word that contains two joey words (for example: container features both tin and can). In contrast, an anti-kangaroo word is a word that contains its antonym (for example: covert carries overt, animosity carries amity).{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Some compilers require that the letters of the joey word not be consecutive within the kangaroo word,[1] or that the kangaroo and joey words must be etymologically unrelated.[1] Kangaroo words were originally popularized as a word game by Ben O'Dell in an article for The American Magazine, volume 151, during the 1950s. This was later reprinted in Reader's Digest.[2][3] References{{Wiktionary pipe|Appendix:Kangaroo words|examples of kangaroo words}}1. ^1 D. Morice, The Dictionary of Wordplay, Teachers & Writers, 2001, {{ISBN|0-915924-99-4}}, retrieved by [https://books.google.com/books?id=AwHM55Dyt_wC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22kangaroo+word%22+-wikipedia&source=web&ots=Op-BNW7ll9&sig=snqNliJNJmNBwzFwkbrJgjChV6w#PPA97,M1 Google Books Search] on 1 Dec, 2007 2. ^ Ben L. O'Dell, Kangaroo Words, The Reader's Digest volume 64, 1954, The Reader's Digest Association 3. ^ The editors of the Reader's Digest, Test and Teasers, 1980, The Reader's Digest Association 1 : Word games |
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