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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  • #31
DanceViDance said:
Actually, Violet rhymes with pilot. :) haha violet is my naaame :D
Huh. Good one.
 
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  • #32
Where we all are right now...lounge.
 
  • #33
scrounge
 
  • #34
kurdt said:
scrounge

d'oh!
 
  • #35
Purple rhymes with maple syrple.
 
  • #36
fourier jr said:
I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?

Apparently, you've managed to escape getting a "purple-nurple". :biggrin:
 
  • #37
fourier jr said:
I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?
dreamt would rhyme with kempt, more commonly unkempt.
 
  • #38
I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?

Pilot rhymes with violet.
 
  • #39
kmvballLover2 said:
I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?

Pilot rhymes with violet.

Since we've found rhymes for orange, violet and dreamt, that leaves only month and purple.

Did we find a rhyme for silver?
 
  • #40
lisab said:
Where we all are right now...lounge.
What does this rhyme with? Orange? Not a rhyme in my books. Needs to have rhyme the final syllable, not just the final phoneme.
 
  • #41
quicksilver? If doesn't drive you as mad as a hatter. Literally.
 
  • #42
DaveC426913 said:
What does this rhyme with? Orange? Not a rhyme in my books. Needs to have rhyme the final syllable, not just the final phoneme.
Lounge was to rhyme with scrounge.

How about "barf". Oh, that rhymes with "snarf".
 
  • #43
Pølse doesn't rhyme with any other Norwegian words, nor with any English, I think. :smile:
 
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  • #45
arildno said:
Pølse doesn't rhyme with any other Norwegian words, nor with any English, I think. :smile:

What about "følelse", you only need some "godvilje" =D

edit: oooh, I know this happens a lot but I have never seen it 3,141 views!
 
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  • #46
I don't have any godvilje, so no, følelse doesn't rhyme with pølse (it does rhyme with forkjølelse, though).
 
  • #47
Nausea?
 
  • #48
Causea?
 
  • #49
Kurdt said:
Causea?
:-p

sausage
 
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  • #50
Gossage.
 
  • #51
Kurdt said:
Gossage.
Where are causea or gossage in the dictionary?
 
  • #52
Gossage is a family name and causea is a genus according to my cheaty googling. I don't know how causea is pronounced though.

No proper names. Gossage is out.

causea is acceptable

And it has to be in a dictionary, and not an urban dictionary.
 
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