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A = B = AB (Posted on 2004-02-10) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Oleomargarine is what margarine was originally called, sometimes shortened to 'oleo'. This makes it one of a select few: words which can be broken into two words, so that each of the two and the original word are synonymous. That is: oleomargarine = oleo = margarine. Can you find another two English words that share this property?

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re: Out of all the responses so far ...... | Comment 22 of 28 |
(In reply to Out of all the responses so far ...... by Brian Smith)

Perhaps geographic/linguistic region plays a part here, but I've never heard of a "quag." I don't doubt everyone, I've just never heard this particular term. Then again I wouldn't have immediately recognized "oleo" either. Taxicab is a slam dunk as far as I can see...
  Posted by Brian Wainscott on 2004-02-12 16:42:53

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