Bundle WordsA list of words that when broken into parts have new meaningsSome words are bundles of two or more words, like can-did or super-in-ten-dent, and are called charades. Sometimes the components can suggest a definition very different from the whole word's real meaning, in which case the charade is called a bundle word, a subset of daffynitions. There are hundreds of charades in English but few good bundle words. Here are a few of the more interesting ones. | |
abundance — a bread boogie adamant — the first insect addiction — commercially speaking admission — marketing strategy adverse — product jingle alphabet — first bet of the night antelope — quick insect marriage assail — pain in the butt assorts — donkey morsels atrophy — a winner’s reward automating — car romancing barbell — saloon alarm barking — boozer bartender — “-holomew” bedlam — night flight brandish — breakfast bulldoze — more than a catnap bumpkin — nudge and shove button — sitting candid — free will canteen — capable young adult canyon — toilet over there carnation — the United States carpet — coach dog carping — engine noise carport — fish morsel castaway — actors’ strike castrate — auditions chestnut — bosom buddy childhood — young gangster clockwise — can tell time converse — prison poetry damnation — beaver colony dampest — beaver departmentally — go crazy divergent — scuba man dogma — bitch doughnut — miser downspout — feather molting eggplant — hen eyedropper — A clumsy ophthalmologist. falsehood — undercover cop forbid — on auction |
foreground — golf course furlong — mink yearn grimace — fortune teller’s death card hangnail — coat hook headlines — face wrinkles headquarters — coins without tails heirloom — the bearing of a sick man's son humdrum — odd musical instrument humbug — an insect that forgot the words lavatory — volcanic British politician meanwhile — cruel times mentally — military roll call napkin — slumber and snooze neighborhood — bully next door nightmare — dark horse offsprings — on waterbed otherwise — uniquely smart parole — fatherhood pardon — pro golfer pastoral — beyond talking penchant — oink peptide — flood of enthusiasm plaintiff — minor quarrel pungent — someone who thinks he’s witty quarterback — tails rampage — call for a male sheep rampart — graffiti on the incline rapid — source of hip hop restoration — lecture that puts you to sleep safecracker — no-fat bread wafer seething — eyeball shamrock — fake diamond sparking — boxing champ sheepskin — members of the flock stockade — Wall Street refreshment subconscious — thinking about a large sandwich tadpole — small stick tangent — beach bum thinking — skinny monarch triumphant — winning bug wanton — lightweight warden — the combat room warrant — battle cry |