Two readers sent in their favorite reduplicative 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.

When it comes to reduplicative words with identically duplicated stems, I mostly think of baby’s first words: mama, dada, night night, boo-boo, go bye-bye, that’s a no-no, etc. However, others aren’t ...

And, no, not all reduplicative words are hyphenated. I think reduplicative words are fun, so let’s learn some more — I promise it won’t be a bunch of flim-flam or mumbo-jumbo.

When it comes to reduplicative words with identically duplicated stems, I mostly think of baby’s first words: mama, dada, night night, boo-boo, go bye-bye, that’s a no-no, etc. However, others aren’t ...

Other reduplicative words fall into a broad category of personal slights — the kind of words you’d hear second-graders calling each other at recess. I’ve been called “artsy-fartsy” more ...

I promise I'm not trying to get this song stuck in your head, but its lyrics illustrate the language term I want to discuss. And I promise I wouldn't bring it up if this 1960 hit pop song's b-side ...

Even if you answered yes to all of the above, it's hard to deny the charm of reduplicative words, a silly-sounding bunch that can be found throughout English. No matter your age, there's something ...

This paper provides an analysis of the reduplicative systems of Bugotu, Cheke Holo, Tuvaluan and Hoava. In Bugotu and Cheke Holo, intervocalic consonants are not reflected in the reduplicative ...

Reduplicative paramnesia is a subset of DMS characterized by the subjective conviction of an individual that a place, person, or event is duplicated.