Words that don't rhyme with anything

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The discussion centers on English words that lack rhymes, highlighting examples such as "month," "purple," "orange," "violet," and "dreamt." Participants reference Leonard Cohen's creative rhyming techniques, including pairing "orange" with "door hinge." The conversation also touches on obscure words like "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which can rhyme with terms ending in "-osis." The forum participants engage in playful banter while exploring the complexities of rhyming in English.

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I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?
 
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Leonard Cohen rhymed "orange" with "door hinge"
 
Dreamt rhymes with unkempt.

Month rhymes pretty closely with hunt, bunt, front... coelacanth?
 
Don't tell Dr. Seuss that there are words that don't rhyme!
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_without_rhymes"
 
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awesome! I had no idea there were so many! :bugeye:
 
oedipa maas said:
Leonard Cohen rhymed "orange" with "door hinge"

That one is famous among poetry-writing workshops. Cohen does the impossible!
 
Blorenge rhymes with orange.

Purple rhymes with Hirple and curple
 
Uhh... Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
 
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dst said:
Uhh... Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Would rhyme with anything else that ends in -osis such as mitosis or osmosis. :smile:
 
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Kurdt said:
Would rhyme with anything else that ends in -osis such as mitosis or osmosis. :smile:

Let's see you do it with the prefix. Spoilsport :frown:
 
  • #12
Marconi? :wink:
 
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dst said:
Uhh... Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

supercallifagillisticexpialidocious :smile: ?? no, how about -
conioisis - a disease state usually caused by long term dust inhalation.
 
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fourier jr said:
purple

"Alex Trebek: I tell you what, let's do Colors That End in Urple. For $800. This color ends in "urple". [ Swank buzzes in. ] Hilary Swank.

Hilary Swank: What is light urple?

Alex Trebek: [ shakes head ] Wow."

--SNL, Celebrity Jeopardy

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99qjeopardy.phtml
Sorry, couldn't find it on YouTube.
 
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fourier jr said:
I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?

There's a lot of words that don't rhyme with "anything" !
 
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Tom Mattson said:
"Alex Trebek: I tell you what, let's do Colors That End in Urple. For $800. This color ends in "urple". [ Swank buzzes in. ] Hilary Swank.

Hilary Swank: What is light urple?

Alex Trebek: [ shakes head ] Wow."

--SNL, Celebrity Jeopardy

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99qjeopardy.phtml
Sorry, couldn't find it on YouTube.
TOM MATTSON, WTH HAVE YOU BEEN?
 
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What do you mean? It's only been 6 short months! :-p
 
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Kurdt said:
Blorenge rhymes with orange.

Purple rhymes with Hirple and curple
I remember those! :wink:


Tom Mattson said:
..
Tom, you're back! Or are you?
 
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Gokul43201 said:
I remember those! :wink:

Well what can I say. We're just two very clever people. :biggrin::wink:
 
  • #20
Tom Mattson said:
What do you mean? It's only been 6 short months! :-p
Are you BACK? Greg is returning to the US today.
 
  • #21
Evo said:
Are you BACK?

Yes, I am back.

Greg is returning to the US today.

That explains a lot. I emailed him a couple days ago asking for my green jacket back :biggrin:, but I haven't heard from him. I was afraid he didn't remember me. :-p
 
  • #22
Tom Mattson said:
Yes, I am back.

That explains a lot. I emailed him a couple days ago asking for my green jacket back :biggrin:, but I haven't heard from him. I was afraid he didn't remember me. :-p
He always talks about how you were the one that turned PF around and made it what it is today. Oh, and it's a green cape with tights now. :-p
 
  • #23
Evo said:
He always talks about how you were the one that turned PF around and made it what it is today.

Heh. It's funny how being mean to crackpots can be seen as a virtue, in the right context. Today I'd probably be given infraction points for making many of my old posts from back then! :smile: Ah well, to make an omelette you've got to break a few eggs.

Oh, and it's a green cape with tights now. :-p

Tights? Uh oh, I'd better hit the gym after all that holiday eating! :redface:
 
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"This video is unavailable."

Oh man, if I were still a Mentor you would be so banned!:devil:
 
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Strange... it works for me
 
  • #27
Tom Mattson said:
What do you mean? It's only been 6 short months! :-p

I was worried, Tom. I thought something bad had happened to you. :frown:
 
  • #28
Kurdt said:
Blorenge rhymes with orange.

Purple rhymes with Hirple and curple
And maple surple.
 
  • #29
Orange also rhymes with syringe and lozenge.
 
  • #30
Actually, Violet rhymes with pilot. :) haha violet is my naaame :D
 

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