Wednesday, August 7, 2019

riddle - Affixes on steroids


Since I made the original "Riley riddle", there have been many other riddles of the same form. So, of course, I thought it was very important to take this to its logical extreme. Sorry this one doesn't rhyme :)



My prefix comes through my prefix's suffix.



My suffix eats my prefix's suffix's suffix.


My prefix's prefix isn't real.


My prefix's suffix's suffix's prefix is it?



What am I?



Answer



Are you...



important?




My prefix comes through my prefix's suffix.



An import comes through a port.



My suffix eats my prefix's suffix's suffix.



An ant can eat an ort.



My prefix's prefix isn't real.




i is an imaginary unit.



My prefix's suffix's suffix's prefix is it?



or is it?

From Riley's comment, the last two phrases combine to make "i isn't real. or is it?"



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