Compound words A to Z

[bluzman61]

Roadhouse

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Smalltown

 

[bluzman61]

Touchdown

 

[Bald Eagle]

Undercover

 

[bluzman61]

Volleyball

 

[Bald Eagle]

Weekend

 

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I'll skip X, and go with Yardstick for Y..............

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Zigzagger

 

[Bald Eagle]

Archway

 

[Auld Phart]

backhand

 

[bluzman61]

Causeway

 

[Bald Eagle]

Doughnut

 

[bluzman61]

Earache

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Flipside

 

[bluzman61]

Gateway

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Hindsight

 

[bluzman61]

Inkblot

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Jaywalk

The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking"

In the 1920s, auto groups redefined who owned the city streets.

www.vox.com

This strategy also explains the name that was given to crossing illegally on foot: jaywalking. During this era, the word "jay" meant something like "rube" or "hick" — a person from the sticks, who didn't know how to behave in a city. So pro-auto groups promoted use of the word "jay walker" as someone who didn't know how to walk in a city, threatening public safety.

 

[bluzman61]

Kickboxing

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Lifeline