What are ghost words ?

This websites explains 'ghost words' which ae words within words:

www.jimwegryn.com/Words/GhostWord

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Originally Posted by ROLCAM

What are ghost words ?

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Boo?

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Originally Posted by J_9

Boo?

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LOL LOLOLOLOL you are so quick on the draw !

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Originally Posted by tickle

This websites explains 'ghost words' which ae words within words:

www.jimwegryn.com/Words/GhostWord

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Well, your link didn't work, so I had to think of something. :o

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Originally Posted by J_9

Well, your link didn't work, so I had to think of something. :o

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Oh, well, then that sheds some light on your reply. Here is a bit of what the website stated:

Ghost Words

Some English words suggest the existence of other words, either their opposites or stem words, which are not real. These are ghost words. For example:

Aghast and ghastly — How come there is no such thing as ghast?

Akimbo — Is this the opposite kimbo; that is, standing with hands raised up?

Behead — Shouldn’t it be dehead instead?

Downtrodden — Is it better to be uptrodden?

Earnest — Is this what you are when you earn the most?

Echo — Why isn’t it echohohoho?

Eleven, twelve — Wouldn’t it make more sense if they were oneteen, twoteen?

Evening — Does this exclude the odd hours of the night, or the odding?

Gruesome — If it’s so bad, why isn’t it grueplenty?

Height — Why is it width, length, and breadth but not heighth?

Hijack — Would a hijill be a less violent crime?

Hitchhiker — Does he become a hitchrider when he gets a ride?

Howitzer — Was there ever a “whywitzer” or “whowitzer?”

Interrupt — Is this what connects the rupts?

Lukewarm — Why not a matthewwarm or paulwarm?

Manual — If stick-shifts are manual, are automatics womanual?