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LonelyJar
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25 Aug 2015, 4:09 am

pea + nut = peanut?
pine + apple = pineapple?
straw + berry = strawberry?



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25 Aug 2015, 4:35 am

lady+bug=?


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25 Aug 2015, 4:41 am

butter+fly?



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25 Aug 2015, 4:47 am

un·ionized, union·ized


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25 Aug 2015, 4:52 am

dragon+fly=?


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25 Aug 2015, 4:57 am

per·son :jester:

If English was written like Chinese ...


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25 Aug 2015, 10:08 am

Horse+fly=

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25 Aug 2015, 10:58 am

Buffalo Wings
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26 Aug 2015, 8:43 pm

carpet=car+pet? :D



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27 Aug 2015, 7:21 am

Car+mine=carmine?

Note - Carmine is a shade of red.


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27 Aug 2015, 12:31 pm

Corndogs. Now that's confusing, at least to me anyway.


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30 Aug 2015, 5:12 am

Drawyer wrote:
dragon+fly=?


Well that, at least, makes sense. It's a fly that looks like a dragon.

And ladybug makes more sense than ladybird (even though I prefer the latter). "oh, what's that insect there?" "It's a ladybird" "But it's not a bird, and you can't tell its gender" "Yes, but who gets to name the insects? That's right: me."