Combining Compounds: A Stupid Word Game

dave thought this was worth mentioning said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:03pm ET

Seahorse
Sawhorse
See-saw
Hoarse horse

Ok, so that last one is especially stupid, but not totally nonsensical. And, of course, this is only interesting phonetically, since they're not spelled alike.

Still, can you think of any other 2 compound words that can combine all 4 ways?

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capguncowboy said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:08pm ET:

asshole
screwhole
ass-screw... errr... I'm just going to stop now

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snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:20pm ET:

butt-head
wipeout
buttwipe
head-out

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patti said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:39pm ET:

@snapster @dave @capguncowboy Show offs. Fine.

gold dust
fish bowl
goldfish
Dust Bowl

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- nice!
  
  snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:43pm ET
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snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:44pm ET:

kickstart
flip-off
kickflip
start off

weak last one again - not quite the compound

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- That was pretty good though. Feels all skater-esque!
  
  patti said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:47pm ET
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capguncowboy said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:53pm ET:

hip-hip
hip-hip
hip-hip
hip-hip

Am I doing this right!?

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- HOORAY!
  
  Starblind said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 12:53pm ET
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snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:55pm ET:

World Cup
Halftime
nevermind

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BillLehecka said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 3:59pm ET:

Batman
Wonder Woman
Batwoman
Wonder Bat

Ehhh. I stink.

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- what about Man Man? :)
  
  snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 4:00pm ET
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- @snapster I wonder, man...
  
  BillLehecka said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 4:10pm ET
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- Man Man is a fantastic band. seeing them live in a month and 2 days
  
  SevenK said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 9:51pm ET
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snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 4:01pm ET:

clusterfuck
bombload
clusterbomb
fuckload

it's a crappy one when you have to look it up but it checks out.

http://i.word.com/idictionary/bombload

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patti said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 4:06pm ET:

@snapster Ahem :-P

Show-off
Boatload
Showboat
Offload

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- poetic
  
  snapster said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 4:08pm ET
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ComputerMD82 said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 6:29pm ET:

Thought up a six-way variant.

Space-Time
Walkout
Spacewalk
Time-Out
Space Out
Time Walk

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- Friggin power 9...
  
  harrison said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 8:48pm ET
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adastra said Sun, Jul 13th 2014 at 9:36pm ET:

I enjoyed looking at this pair horizontally and vertically:
bonfire
fireflies

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fractalVisionz said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 1:14am ET:

cartwheel
pushpin
pushcart
pinwheel

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fractalVisionz said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 1:22am ET:

checkmate
coatroom
roommate
coat-check

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fractalVisionz said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 2:01am ET:

coattail
fishhook
fishtail
coat-hook

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- don't forget Tailhook.
  
  marklog said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 3:11pm ET
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fractalVisionz said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 2:09am ET:

passkey
overboard
passover / overpass
keyboard

...and I'm done. That's 4!

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- kingpin
  dome
  kingdom
  pine
  
  you win the kingdom
  
  snapster said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 7:50am ET
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marklog said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 10:55am ET:

MAD
APE
DEN

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JerseyFrank said Mon, Jul 14th 2014 at 2:48pm ET:

Powder-puff
Creampuff
Powder-cream
Puff Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Hanali.

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curtise said Tue, Jul 15th 2014 at 2:29pm ET:

Eyeballs
Bluetooth
Eyetooth
Blue-balls

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