Words that don't rhyme with anything

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The discussion centers around English words that lack perfect rhymes, highlighting examples like "month," "purple," "orange," and "dreamt." Participants reference Leonard Cohen's creative rhyming of "orange" with "door hinge" and explore other near-rhymes such as "blorenge" and "curple." The conversation also touches on humorous references to pop culture, including a sketch from "Celebrity Jeopardy" featuring Alex Trebek. Participants engage in playful banter about finding rhymes for various words, noting that "violet" rhymes with "pilot" and discussing the challenges of rhyming with words like "silver." The thread showcases a mix of linguistic exploration and light-hearted exchanges among users.
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Kurdt said:
Gossage.
Where are causea or gossage in the dictionary?
 
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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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