2006-11-11 02:48:07 · 7 answers · asked by Hippy Chick 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They are called rhyming reduplications.
Here is a list of many more:
Achey Breakey, airy-fairy, angles 'n dangles (submarine maneuvers), antsy-pantsy, argy-bargy, artsy-fartsy, backpack, bedspread, bedstead, blackjack, blue flu, boogie-woogie, brain drain, chill pill, Chilly Willie (the cartoon penguin), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (movie title), chrome dome, chug-a-lug, city kitty (CB jargon), county Mountie (CB jargon), Cox and Box (an operetta by Sir Arthur Sullivan), creepie-peepie (hand-held TV camera), Dennis the Menace, dilly-dally, Ditch Witch, double trouble, downtown, dream team, Euler's spoilers (the mathematicians who disproved Euler's conjecture about order 10 Latin squares), fancy-schmancy, fat cat, fender-bender, fine line, flower power, Flub-a-dub, frat rat, freight rate, Frito Bandito, fuddy-duddy, funny money, gaggin' wagon, gator freighter, gritz blitz, ground round, hanky-panky, harum-scarum, head shed (an army headquarters), heebie-jeebie(s), helter-skelter, hemidemisemiquaver, herky-jerky, hexaflexagon, higgledy piggledy, hipper-dipper (a baseball pitch), hobnob, hobson-jobson, hocus-pocus, hoity-toity, hokey-cokey, hokey-pokey, holy moly, honey-bunny, hootchie-kootchie, hotch-potch, hot shot, Hubble-bubble, hugger-mugger, Humpty Dumpty, hurdy-gurdy, hurly-burly, hurry-scurry, ill will, itsy-bitsy, jet set, legal beagle, legal eagle, local yokel, lovey-dovey, lunch bunch, mean machine, mellow yellow, middle fiddle, motor voter, Mr. Green Jeans, mud-blood, mumbo-jumbo, namby-pamby, near beer, night flight, night fright, night light, nitty-gritty, okey-dokey, Ollie's Trollies (restaurant chain), Pall Mall, pell-mell, phony baloney, Pick-Quick, picnic, piggly-wiggly, pooper-scooper, pop top, powwow, quick trick, ragin' Cajun, razzle-dazzle, red lead, repple-depple, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rin-Tin-Tin, roach coach, rock 'em sock 'em, rock jock, roly-poly, roope-a-dope, rough tough cream puff, rub-a-dub, schlock rock, slick chick, slim Jim, snail mail, soap-on-a-rope, Spruce Goose, Steady Eddie (sung by Annette Funicello), Stormin' Norman, stun gun, sump pump, super-duper, sweetmeat, teeny-weeny, Tex-Mex, tie-dye, tooti-fruiti, town clown (CB jargon), Transistor Sister (sung by Neil Sedaka), virgin sturgeon, walkie-talkie, Watusi Luci (LBJ's daughter), white flight, white knight, willy-nilly, wingding.
There are also exact and ablaut reduplications-
Here are some examples from wikipedia
Exact reduplications (baby-talk-like): bonbon, bye-bye, choo-choo, chop-chop, chow-chow, couscous, dum-dum, fifty-fifty, go-go, goody-goody, knock-knock, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, pooh-pooh, rah-rah, so-so, tsk-tsk, wee-wee.
Ablaut reduplications: bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, dilly-dally, ding-dong, fiddle-faddle, flimflam, flip-flop, hippety-hoppety, kitcat, knick-knack, mish-mash, ping-pong, pitter-patter, riff-raff, riprap, see-saw, shilly-shally, sing-song, splish-splash, teeny-tiny, teeter-totter, tic-tac-toe, tick-tock, ticky-tacky, tip-top, tittle-tattle, wish-wash, wishy-washy, zig-zag
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2006-11-11 02:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by j C 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They are a form of kenning (the replacement of a common noun by a colorful compound) called rhyming parasynthesis,a derivation of words using hyphenated compounds in which both parts rhyme.
I was driving my dragon-wagon and was involved in a fender-bender with a mop-top driving a cluck-truck behind the local KFC. I had just left my brew-crew at the local bar (Bud's Suds), and I didn't want to end up at the cop-shop, so I borrowed a slim-jim from a nearby chop-shop and opened my door and left willy-nilly.
2006-11-11 03:42:38 · answer #2 · answered by kidd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call them "hanky panky's" (like from the ZOOM show), but most people call them "hinky pinky's".
With one syllable, it's called a hank pank (hink pink), and 3 syllables is called a hankity pankity (hinkity pinkity). They are usually the answers to riddles or questions, like this:
What are well-behaved rodents called? Answer: nice mice!
What is a nice-looking large town called? Answer: pretty city. Hope this helps!!!
2006-11-11 05:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by Mint and Cocoa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
rhyming words.
2006-11-11 03:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by Precious Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slang
2006-11-11 02:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by Talking Hat 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
...it's "heebie-jeebies'...
2006-11-11 02:52:51 · answer #6 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk... slang? or are you asking about conjoined words that rhyme? maybe assonance... ? idk
2006-11-11 02:56:01 · answer #7 · answered by Jacqulyn 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋