Compound words can be fun, like meatball and lifelike and neoliberal and pinkberry (closed compounds all), but my favorites are words like ice cream and middle class and all american, open compounds and just that much better for it.

also, do you know where I can get that bonnet? does it come in other colors? i’ll bet there’s a WEBSITE for it. Yes, website is also a compound word.

Taken from http://www.lakecompounce.com/lake-compounce-park-history.php

“The name Lake Compounce is derived from John Compound, a Mattatuck/Tunxis Native American Chieftain. On December 2, 1684, his wife and several tribal members affixed their waxed fingertip “marks” to a deed that conveyed the “Compound’s Lake” to a group of white settlers who had migrated to central Connecticut from Massachusetts. Legend has it that shortly thereafter, Chief Compound drowned in the lake while trying to cross it in a large brass kettle.”

While the story might be tragic, John Compound’s legacy helps to combat the stigma that has sullied compounds everywhere.