Words That Are Short For Something (20 pics)

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Smog = Smoke + Fog

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Taxicab = Taximeter + Cabriolet

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Emoticon = Emotive (emotion) Icon

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Car = Carriage

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Velcro = The French Words "Velours" (Velvet) + "Crochet" (Hook)

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Tanzania = Tanganyika & Zanzibar

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Motel = Motor (Motorists') Hotel

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Microsoft = Microcomputer + Software

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Movie = Moving Picture

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Chortle = Chuckle + Snort

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Taser = Thomas A Swift Electric Rifle

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Pixel = Picture Element

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Vitamin = Vital + Amine

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Bit = Binary + Digit

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New York Knicks = Knickerbockers

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Snark = Snide + Remark

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Fan = Fanatic

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OK = Oll Korrect??

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Cyborg = Cybernetic + Organism

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Newt Gingrich = Newton Gingrich

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№1 Author: Doober (5 Mar 2013 07:15) Total user comments: 0

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"OK" is an old war acronym for "0 (zero) killed". If no one was dead, everything was "ok"

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№2 Author: fairmania (5 Mar 2013 13:26) Total user comments: 1460

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Not being a native of North America, I have to ask, does Newt Gingrich really have a body made from a packet of Fig Rolls?

I have heard his name before, but wondered now if that is why he was on the news......

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