Kangaroo word a word that contains its antonym; for example: "covert" carries "overt", "animosity" carries "amity". Some compilers require that the letters of the joey word not be consecutive within the kangaroo word, or that the kangaroo and joey words must be etymologically unrelated. 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 "the Reader's Digest". 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
Indignation (word) Indignation (word) The word indignation is used to describe strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting or unrighteous. The term was coined in France during the 12th Century. It comes from the Latin word "indignationem", meaning displeasure. In nominative form, "indignationem" is "indignatio". "Indignation" is a noun of action from the past participle stem of "indignari", meaning unworthy, to be angry at, or to be displeased with. According to Cicero’s "De Inventione", Book I, “indignation is a kind of speech by which the effect produced is, that great hatred is excited against a man, or dislike of some proceeding