Bundle Words Some words are bundles of two or more words, like can-did or super-in-ten-dent, and are called charades.  Sometimes the components can suggest a definition very different from the whole word’s real meaning, in which case the charade is called a bundle word, a subset of daffynitions.  There are hundreds of charades in English but few good bundle words.  Here are a few of the more interesting ones.  (Also see Daffynitions and Goofintions.) abundance — a bread boogie adamant — the first insect admission — marketing strategy adverse — product jingle alphabet — first bet of the night antelope — quick insect marriage assail — pain in the butt assorts — donkey morsels atrophy — a winner’s reward automating — car romancing barbell — saloon alarm barking — boozer bedlam — night flight brandish — breakfast bulldoze — more than a catnap bumpkin — nudge and shove button — sitting candid — free will canteen — capable young adult canyon — toilet over there carnation — the United States carpet — coach dog carping — engine noise carport — fish morsel castaway — actors’ strike castrate — auditions chestnut — bosom buddy childhood — young gangster clockwise — can tell time converse — prison poetry damnation — beaver colony dampest — beaver departmentally — go crazy divergent — scuba man dogma — bitch doughnut — miser downspout — feather molting eggplant — hen eyedropper — A clumsy ophthalmologist. falsehood — undercover cop forbid — on auction foreground — golf course furlong — mink yearn grimace — fortune teller’s death card hangnail — coat hook headlines — face wrinkles headquarters — coins without tails humdrum — odd musical instrument humbug — an insect that forgot the words lavatory — volcanic British politician meanwhile — cruel times napkin — slumber and snooze neighborhood — bully next door nightmare — dark horse offsprings — on waterbed otherwise — uniquely smart parole — fatherhood pardon — pro golfer pastoral — beyond talking penchant — oink peptide — flood of enthusiasm plaintiff — minor quarrel pronouncement — name-brand concrete pungent — someone who thinks he’s witty quarterback — tails rampage — call for a male sheep rampart — graffiti on the incline rapid — source of hip hop restoration — lecture that puts you to sleep safecracker — no-fat bread wafer seething — eyeball shamrock — fake diamond sparking — boxing champ sheepskin — members of the flock stockade — Wall Street refreshment subconscious — thinking about a large sandwich tadpole — small stick tangent — beach bum thinking — skinny monarch triumphant — winning bug wanton — lightweight warden — the combat room warrant — battle cry This entertaining page is just one of the many humorous pages showing how English language words can be fun, often being the center of jokes, witticisms, puns, and jest and bringing smiles if not laughter to the comedian in each of us.