Today my dear coworker, Jane, sent me a graphic from Facebook®, and asked me if this were true:
I hadn’t heard this term before, but I think it’s great. A kangaroo word hides a smaller baby word (a joey) in her pouch! To verify that this wasn’t just a cool poster, I found a website called Hit Bullseye, which published a huge list of kangaroo words. If you just want a selection of kangaroo words, that list is below. For many more, click here. (Note: The webpage comes with a couple of pop-ups, but the list of kangaroo words is good.)
| Kangaroo word | Joey word |
| alone | one |
| appropriate | apt |
| astound | stun |
| blossom | bloom |
| community | county, city |
| container | can, tin |
| contaminate | taint |
| deceased | dead |
| deception | con |
| deliberate | debate |
| encourage | urge |
| exists | is |
| falsities | lies |
| history | story |
| isolated | sole |
| indolent | idle |
| joviality | joy |
| myself | me |
| nourished | nursed |
| observe | see |
| ornamented | ornate |
| plagiarist | liar |
| precipitation | rain |
| quiescent | quiet |
| rapscallion | rascal |
| separate | part |
| substandard | bad |
| supremacist | racist |
Like the kangaroo word container, this ‘roo has two joeys! How can she walk, let alone hop?
Kara Church
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