Riddle? -- or Hoax!
by Paul Niquette
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ngry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely, for I have already given you the third word.

What is it?

Whatever the classification, the following rhyme delights children:

Railroad crossing.

Look for the cars.

Can you spell this

Without any Rs?

Imagine their joyful dispositions as they eagerly demonstrate an emerging sophistication to their compliant, bewildered, and good-natured elders.

Bonus:
What has two wheels, seven letters,
and starts with the letter B?

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Definitions

riddle n. 1. A question or statement requiring thought to answer or understand; conundrum. 2. Something perplexing: an enigma. [Middle English redel(es), ridil, Old English raedelse.]

hoax n. An act intended to deceive or trick, either as a practical joke or as a serious fraud. [Perhaps shortened variant of hocus.]

conundrum n. n. 1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. 2. A problem admitting of no satisfactory solution [Perhaps originally a mock-Latin university slang word.] {Return}

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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