English gitaigo: Flip-Flop Words
(words in parentheses not found in Webster's III)
ack-ack (antsy-pantsy) argy-bargy artsy-craftsy
aye aye aye-aye baba barabara
BB bebop beebee beriberi
bibi bigwig blackjack bonbon
boo-boo (boob-tube) boogie-woogie boohoo
bowwow bric-a-brac buddy-buddy bugaboo
bugbear bulbul bumpety-bump by-by, bye-bye
bye-bye (caca) cagmag cancan
cha-cha(-cha) chalk-talk chichi chiffchaff
chin-chin chitchat chocho choochoo
chowchow chuck(-a)-luck (chug-a-lug) claptrap
click-clack clickety-clack clickety-click cling-clang
clink-clank clinkety-clank clinkety-clink clip-clop
clip-clop clippety-clop (clitter-clatter) cocoa
cookie couscous crackerjack (cring-cling)
cringle-crangle crinkle-crankle crinkum-crankum crisscross
cuscus deadhead diddle-daddle dig-dig
dik-dik dillydally (dindin) ding-a-ling
dingdong divi-divi dodo (doodoo)
downtown drip-drip duk-duk dumdum
eager beaver even Steven falderal fancy pants
fat cat fee-faw-fum fee-fo-fum feery-fary
fiddle-faddle FIFO fifty-fifty fizgig
flag bag flapdoodle flapjack flatfoot
Fleet Street flibberti-gibberty flibbertigibbet flick-flack
flimflam flip-flap flip-flop flipperty-flopperty
flippity-flop (flower power) flubdub fluffy-ruffle
flyby fofarraw folderol foo-foo
foofaraw foofoorah forfar four-door
four-four frank bank (frizzle-frazzle) froufrou
(fuddle-duddle) fuddy-duddy funny-money furfur
fussbudget fuzzy-guzzy fuzzy-wuzzy gaga
geegaw (Georgy-Porgy) gewgaw (gibber-jabber)
gobbledygook gogo goo-goo goody-goody
grandstand (gruesome twosome) grugru gugu
ha-ha habnab handy-andy handy-dandy
handy-pandy handy-spandy hanky-pank hanky-panky
hari-kari harum-scarum haw-haw he-he
hee-haw hee-hee heebie-jeebies (heh-heh)
heigh-ho hell's bells hellhole helter-skelter
(Henny-Penny) heyday hi-fi (hickory-dickory-dock)
higgledy-piggledy higglety-pigglety high-high (highty-flighty)
highty-tighty hillbilly (hip-hip-hooray) (hip-hop)
(hipper-dipper) (hipperty-skipperty) hippety-hop hippity-hoppity
hirdie-girdie hirdum-dirdum hiwihiwi (ho-ho)
ho-hum hobnob hobo hobson-jobson
hocus-pocus hoddy-doddy hodgepodge hogan-mogan
hogen-mogen hoi polloi hoity-toity hokey-pokey
hokus-pokus holus-bolus (holy-moley) honky-tonk
hoo-ha hoodoo hoopoe hoopoo
hootchy-kootchy hot pot hot spot hotchpotch
hotnot hotshot hotsy-totsy house mouse
housey-housey hubba-hubba hubble-bubble hubbub
(huff & puff) (huff-duff) huff-snuff huff-snuff
(hufty-magufty) hugger-mugger huhu hull-gull
hullabaloo humbug humdinger humdrum
humdudgeon humhum hummum humpty-dumpty
humstrum hunky-dory hurdy-gurdy hurly-burly
hurrbur hurry-scurry hurry-skurry hush-hush
hustle-bustle ilang-ilang ill will itsy-bitsy
itty-bitty jeepers creepers (jet set) jib-o-jib
jig-a-jig jig-a-jog jig-jig jig-jog
jig-joggy jigaboo jiggery-pokery jiggumbob
jigjoggy jim-dandy jimjams jinglejangle
jipijapa jirajara joukerypawkery juju
juju kai-kai kaka kakkak
kavakava kawakawa kegmeg khuskhus
kiekie killer-diller killickinnic kinchin
(King Kong) kinnikinnick kit-cat kit-kat
(kitchy-koo) kittle cattle (kitty-cat) kiwi
klop-klop knick-knack (knock-knock) (knockity-knock)
(kobo) koko koko koodoo
kowtow kudu, koudou kuku kukukuku
kumkum kuskus la-di-dah lab-lab
lablab lalapalooza lallygag lap-lap
lapo-lapo lapu-lapu lardy-dardy lavalava
lazy daisy stich (lead head) (legal beagle) (legal eagle)
Lei Day Lib-Lab libidibi lickety-brindle
lickety-cut lickety-split lillypilly linsey-woolsey
loa loa locofoco log-log lollygag
lolo lovey-dovey low-low lulu
mahimahi mama matamata (matta-matta)
MauMau May Day (mellow yellow) miminy-piminy
mishmash motmot muckamuck mucluc, muckluck
mukluk mumbo-jumbo mumu murmur
muumuu namby-pamby nana niminy-piminy
(nitter-natter) (nitty-gritty) nitwit (no-no)
nulla-nulla okey-doke (oops-a-daisy) pall-mall
palsy-walsy papa paw-paw pawpaw
payday (pee-pee) peewee peg leg
pell-mell picnic (piggly-wiggly) Ping-Pong
pip-pip pishpash pishposh pit-a-pat
pitter-patter (plunk-plonk) (plunkety-plunk) (polly-wolly-doodle)
pom-pom pooh-pooh (poopoo) poppycock
(puff-puff) put-put putt-putt (quack-quack)
ragbag ragtag (rang-kang) (rat-a-tat)
razzle-dazzle razzmatazz (ribble-rabble) rickrack
(ricky-tick) ricrac riffle-shuffle riffraff
(riki-tiki) (ringey-dingey) rinktum ditty (rinky-dink)
riprap roly-poly rub-a-dub (rub-a-dub-dub)
rum-dum rumble-bumble rumble-tumble rumblegumption
(sci-fi) (scrub-a-dub) (scrub-a-scrub) seesaw
shilly-shally shim-sham shimmy shipshape silly Billy
singsong slam-bang slap-bang slapdab
slapdash slaphappy slipshod slipslop
(slish-slosh) snip-snap snipsnapsnorum so-so
splish-splash (splitter-splatter) superdooper superduper
(swishy-swashy) ta-ta (tak-a-tak) (tappety-tap)
tappietoorie tartar (tch-tch) tee-hee
teensy-weensy teeny-weeny teeter-totter thriller-diller
tic-tac-toe ticktack ticktick ticktock
(ticky-tacky) tie-tie (tika-tika) tikitiki
ting-a-ling tip-top (tish-tosh) titbit
tittle-tattle tom-tom tontine too-too
tootsy-wootsy topsy-turvy toto (trot-trot)
tsetse (tsk-tsk) tum-(ti-)tum (tush-tush)
tussie-mussie tut-tut tutti-frutti tutu
tuzzy-muzzy (tweng-tweng) twit-twat (twit-twit)
(ubble-gubble) (uffa-uffa) uh-huh (uh-oh)
(uh-uh) um-hum voodoo (wa-wa)
wah-wah walkie-talkie (wang wang) wee-wee
(wham-bam) whim-wham whimsy-whamsy whing-ding
(whip-whap-whip) whirligig (whoit-whoit) whoop-de-doo
(whooper-dooper) (whurra-whurra) wiggle-waggle wiggle-woggle
wigwag willy-nilly wingding wishy-washy
wou-wou (yackety-yak) ylang-ylang yo-ho
(yo-ho-ho) Yo-Yo yoo-hoo yum-yum
zap flap zero-zero zigzag (zit-zit)
Zoot suit zoozoo zou-zou zu-zu
Reduplicated
ack-ack aye aye aye-aye baba
barabara BB beebee beriberi
bibi bonbon boo-boo buddy-buddy
bulbul by-by, bye-bye bye-bye (caca)
cancan cha-cha(-cha) chichi chin-chin
chocho choochoo chowchow cocoa
couscous cuscus dig-dig dik-dik
(dindin) divi-divi dodo (doodoo)
drip-drip duk-duk dumdum fifty-fifty
foo-foo four-four froufrou furfur
gaga gogo goo-goo goody-goody
grugru gugu ha-ha haw-haw
he-he hee-hee (heh-heh) high-high
hiwihiwi (ho-ho) housey-housey hubba-hubba
huhu humhum hush-hush ilang-ilang
jig-jig juju juju kai-kai
kaka kakkak kavakava kawakawa
khuskhus kiekie kinnikinnick klop-klop
(knock-knock) koko koko kuku
kukukuku kumkum kuskus lab-lab
lablab lap-lap lapo-lapo lapu-lapu
lavalava loa loa log-log lolo
low-low lulu mahimahi mama
matamata (matta-matta) MauMau motmot
mumu murmur muumuu nana
(no-no) nulla-nulla papa paw-paw
pawpaw (pee-pee) pip-pip pom-pom
pooh-pooh (poopoo) (puff-puff) put-put
putt-putt (quack-quack) so-so ta-ta
tartar (tch-tch) ticktick tie-tie
(tika-tika) tikitiki tom-tom too-too
toto (trot-trot) tsetse (tsk-tsk)
tum-(ti-)tum (tush-tush) tut-tut tutu
(tweng-tweng) (twit-twit) (uffa-uffa) (uh-uh)
(wa-wa) wah-wah (wang wang) wee-wee
(whoit-whoit) (whurra-whurra) wou-wou ylang-ylang
Yo-Yo yum-yum zero-zero (zit-zit)
zoozoo zou-zou zu-zu
Head (consonant) Shift
(antsy-pantsy) argy-bargy bigwig blackjack
(boob-tube) boogie-woogie boohoo bowwow
cagmag chalk-talk claptrap (cring-cling)
deadhead downtown even Steven fat cat
flag bag Fleet Street flibberti-gibberty (flower power)
flubdub flyby four-door frank bank
(fuddle-duddle) fuddy-duddy funny-money fuzzy-guzzy
fuzzy-wuzzy (Georgy-Porgy) grandstand (gruesome twosome)
habnab handy-andy handy-dandy handy-pandy
handy-spandy hanky-pank hanky-panky hari-kari
harum-scarum heebie-jeebies heigh-ho hell's bells
helter-skelter (Henny-Penny) heyday hi-fi
higgledy-piggledy higglety-pigglety (highty-flighty) highty-tighty
hillbilly (hipper-dipper) (hipperty-skipperty) hirdie-girdie
hirdum-dirdum hobnob hobo hobson-jobson
hocus-pocus hoddy-doddy hodgepodge hogan-mogan
hogen-mogen hoity-toity hokey-pokey hokus-pokus
holus-bolus (holy-moley) honky-tonk hoodoo
hoopoo hootchy-kootchy hot pot hot spot
hotchpotch hotnot hotshot hotsy-totsy
house mouse hubble-bubble hubbub (huff-duff)
huff-snuff huff-snuff hugger-mugger hull-gull
humdrum hummum humpty-dumpty humstrum
hurdy-gurdy hurly-burly hurrbur hurry-scurry
hurry-skurry hustle-bustle ill will itsy-bitsy
itty-bitty jeepers creepers joukerypawkery kegmeg
killer-diller kinchin kiwi (kobo)
koodoo kowtow kudu, koudou lardy-dardy
(lead head) (legal beagle) (legal eagle) Lei Day
libidibi lillypilly locofoco lovey-dovey
May Day (mellow yellow) miminy-piminy mucluc, muckluck
mukluk mumbo-jumbo namby-pamby niminy-piminy
(nitty-gritty) nitwit okey-doke pall-mall
palsy-walsy payday peewee peg leg
pell-mell picnic (piggly-wiggly) ragbag
ragtag (rang-kang) razzle-dazzle (riki-tiki)
(ringey-dingey) (rinky-dink) roly-poly rum-dum
rumble-bumble rumble-tumble (sci-fi) silly Billy
superdooper superduper tee-hee teensy-weensy
teeny-weeny thriller-diller titbit tootsy-wootsy
tussie-mussie tutti-frutti tuzzy-muzzy (ubble-gubble)
uh-huh um-hum voodoo walkie-talkie
(wham-bam) whing-ding (whooper-dooper) willy-nilly
wingding yo-ho yoo-hoo zap flap
Zoot suit
Vowel Shift: i-a
chiffchaff chitchat click-clack cling-clang
clink-clank (clitter-clatter) cringle-crangle crinkle-crankle
crinkum-crankum diddle-daddle dillydally fiddle-faddle
flick-flack flimflam flip-flap (frizzle-frazzle)
(gibber-jabber) jimjams jinglejangle jipijapa
jirajara kit-cat kit-kat kittle cattle
(kitty-cat) knick-knack Lib-Lab mishmash
(nitter-natter) pishpash pitter-patter (ribble-rabble)
rickrack ricrac riffraff riprap
shilly-shally snip-snap splish-splash (splitter-splatter)
ticktack (ticky-tacky) tittle-tattle twit-twat
whim-wham whimsy-whamsy wiggle-waggle wigwag
wishy-washy zigzag
Vowel Shift: i-o
clip-clop clip-clop crisscross dingdong
flip-flop flipperty-flopperty (hip-hop) hippity-hoppity
jig-jog (King Kong) Ping-Pong pishposh
singsong slipslop (slish-slosh) (swishy-swashy)
ticktock tip-top (tish-tosh) wiggle-woggle
Vowel Shift: other
cookie feery-fary FIFO flatfoot
forfar geegaw gewgaw hee-haw
hellhole hoo-ha (plunk-plonk) seesaw
shipshape teeter-totter tontine (uh-oh)
Tripled Form
bric-a-brac bumpety-bump chuck(-a)-luck (chug-a-lug)
clickety-clack clickety-click clinkety-clank clinkety-clink
clippety-clop ding-a-ling falderal fee-faw-fum
fee-fo-fum flippity-flop folderol (hickory-dickory-dock)
(hip-hip-hooray) hippety-hop (huff & puff) jib-o-jib
jig-a-jig jig-a-jog jig-joggy jigjoggy
(knockity-knock) la-di-dah lazy daisy stich muckamuck
pit-a-pat (plunkety-plunk) (polly-wolly-doodle) (rat-a-tat)
razzmatazz rub-a-dub (scrub-a-dub) (scrub-a-scrub)
shim-sham shimmy (tak-a-tak) (tappety-tap) tic-tac-toe
ting-a-ling (whip-whap-whip) (yackety-yak) (yo-ho-ho)
OTHER
artsy-craftsy bebop bugaboo bugbear
crackerjack eager beaver fancy pants fizgig
flapdoodle flapjack flibbertigibbet fluffy-ruffle
fofarraw foofaraw foofoorah fussbudget
gobbledygook ho-hum hoi polloi hoopoe
(hufty-magufty) hullabaloo humbug humdinger
humdudgeon hunky-dory (jet set) jigaboo
jiggery-pokery jiggumbob jim-dandy killickinnic
(kitchy-koo) lalapalooza lallygag lickety-brindle
lickety-cut lickety-split linsey-woolsey lollygag
(oops-a-daisy) poppycock (ricky-tick) riffle-shuffle
rinktum ditty (rub-a-dub-dub) rumblegumption slam-bang
slap-bang slapdab slapdash slaphappy
slipshod snipsnapsnorum tappietoorie topsy-turvy
whirligig whoop-de-doo