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
Kushal (Hindi word) as washing and cooking. The leaves of a special herb called "Kush" were required by the gurus as part of their daily rituals. The leaves were very difficult to pluck as they were needle-like, requiring expertise and skill to efficiently remove them from the herb. The most adept students were trained to do the task and once becoming skillful they were given the name Kushal. With the passage of time any expert in any particular field was called Kushal. Kushal (Hindi word) Kushal (Hindi: कुशल, English: Skilled, Master) is a word of Sanskrit origin, meaning "expert". Other meanings include "clever",