Kangaroo word Kangaroo word A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning. For example: the word "masculine" contains the word "male", which is a synonym of the first word; similarly, the word "observe" contains its synonym "see". The 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. "Twin kangaroos" are kangaroo words containing two joey words (for example: "container" features both "tin" and "can"). In contrast, an "anti-kangaroo" word is
Kangaroo emblems and popular culture series of video games. In the Game Boy Color games "" and "", there is a kangaroo by the name of Ricky which will help you in your quest. In "Mortal Kombat Trilogy", Johnny Cage turns into a kangaroo. In "Bomberman" 3 and 5 on SNES, the animals which hatch from eggs are called rooeys and they are based on kangaroos. The "Animal Crossing" series features kangaroos as possible neighbours. There are at least three homonymous fairy chess pieces called kangaroo. Austin of "The Backyardigans" is a young kangaroo. In Warriors of Virtue, the five main heroes are roos. In