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I quite like splittybits - and my very very favourite is “Helicopter” which splits after the “o”. Pter being a wing (pterodactyl, is the best known use of pter in an English compound word…though, like helicopter, I guess it’s not really an English word at all).

Interestingly, in “official” aviation speak aeroplanes are usually referred to as “fixed-wing aircraft” to differentiate them from…you guessed it.

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Oh wow, I love "Helico-pter"!

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Feb 11Liked by Jack Shepherd

Genius! The Cark visual..still laughing 😂

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Feb 11Liked by Jack Shepherd

Rather than arrest, I'll suggest an 8th (new) possibility: nadderings. For obvious reasons.

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Surely you mean eggcorn! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

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