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Can you find a word whose first syllable and second syllable are the same combination of letters? Names are OK.

Example: KiKi..my cat's name.

Posted - March 7, 2018
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  • 23577
    "Tintinnabulation"

    ~ I've only heard it in Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Bells" -- and I just read that he had invented the word. Though the resources to back the claim up I didn't look for. This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 7, 2018 9:55 PM MST
      March 7, 2018 9:10 AM MST
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  • 72
    DUMDUM - once a common term for a soft-nosed bullet. 
      March 7, 2018 9:13 AM MST
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  • 14795
    This ones two idiotic four words.....:( 
      March 7, 2018 4:56 PM MST
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  • 72
    DIK-DIK - species of South African antelope
      March 7, 2018 9:15 AM MST
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  • 14795
    I know two Detectives called That......I blame their parents though.....:(
      March 7, 2018 5:01 PM MST
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  • 72
    Any and every palindrome word.
      March 7, 2018 9:17 AM MST
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  • 44617
    Race car does not meet the criteria.
      March 8, 2018 7:48 AM MST
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  • 72
    TARTAR - a word with multiple meanings.
      March 7, 2018 9:18 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Impressive.
      March 7, 2018 9:18 AM MST
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  • 14795
    I just say "Thank you" now I'm older....:)D 
      March 7, 2018 5:03 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Peepee

    POO POO

      March 7, 2018 9:20 AM MST
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  • 46117
    BB gun

      March 7, 2018 9:22 AM MST
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  • 46117




    KKK



      March 7, 2018 9:23 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Yeah, I know they are not correct, but I get to post a good picture.
      March 7, 2018 9:24 AM MST
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  • 72
    Berber - a people (and their language and culture), who have lived in Northern Africa for (so it is said) at least 10,000 years.  
      March 7, 2018 9:24 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I'm staring at a Berber rug in my living room.  God these rugs are amazing.  They are STURDY and beautiful.
      March 7, 2018 9:26 AM MST
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  • 72
    Madam, if you think Berbers are so damned adorable how come you didn't award me (with the stroke of a sylph-like finger) a 'like'?
      March 7, 2018 9:35 AM MST
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  • 72
    AYE-AYE - A species of Lemur familiar to all for its exceptionally long fingers.
    Which reminds me of the old-time British comedian who joked:
    What I want to know is, what do they do with the rest of the fish after they cut the fingers off?
    (Once heard, never forgot.)
      March 7, 2018 9:30 AM MST
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  • This phenomenon is called reduplication. Specifically, exact reduplication.

    Mama, papa, tam-tam (a type of gong), tom-tom, beriberi, a lot of hyphenated childish words: choo-choo, no-no, bye-bye, etc.

      March 7, 2018 10:51 AM MST
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  • 44617
    Tutu, titi (a small monkey from South America),  dada, nana. There are lots of them. And we shan't forget aa, a type of lava rock. This post was edited by Element 99 at March 7, 2018 9:57 PM MST
      March 7, 2018 11:46 AM MST
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  • 2219
    Tomtom
      March 7, 2018 2:46 PM MST
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  • 11005
    couscous
      March 7, 2018 4:30 PM MST
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  • 14795
    NoNo... 
      March 7, 2018 5:05 PM MST
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  • 14795
    DeeDee
      March 7, 2018 5:06 PM MST
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