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    Super-duper reduplicative words

    Jul 02, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Staff

    Two readers sent in their favorite words, two-part words in which the second half is a repeat or rhyme of the first. English has at least 2,000 of these, according to linguist Nils Thun. Some words, like and ( in Britain), are so, , – it’s impossible to ignore. 

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