“What’s a Kangaroo Word?…. Jack Daniels is the Water of Life….. U.S.E. Not USA”
A kangaroo word is one that contains all the letters of a synonym. Like the word “chicken” has all the letters for the word “hen” inside it, or “masculine” contains the word “male.”
The word “whiskey” comes from a Gaelic phrase that translates to “water of life.”
1893, a Congressman proposed a Constitutional amendment that would rename the country to the “United States of Earth.” Obviously, it didn’t pass.