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chessiejo

PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:44 am


sometimes words look funny or seem to have another meaning when you split them into parts.

i realized this when i was doing a word puzzle and had to associate "mal" (bad) with "lard" (grease).

the answer was mallard, a duck.

so through misdefinition by parts, a duck became bad grease.

i always (almost) laugh at the word "coworker" since i think of someone

orking cows.

so what examples can you come up with?
PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:47 pm


alimony

ali= the hero of Aladdin

mony=Mutual of New York, an insurance and investment firm

alimony= where Aladdin invests his treasures

chessiejo


chessiejo

PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:55 am


antagonism

fomicary competition

agon = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agon
PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:55 am


sextant

sex + tant (replace w/tent)

a portable shelter where intercourse is the main activity

GuardianDragonsSpirit


chessiejo

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:40 am


hey, i like dat!

codependant

a necklace with an amulet contained a secret message
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