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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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:
 
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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 ALOT 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:
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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:
 
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Kurdt said:
Blorenge rhymes with orange.

Purple rhymes with Hirple and curple
And maple surple.
 
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Orange also rhymes with syringe and lozenge.
 
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Actually, Violet rhymes with pilot. :) haha violet is my naaame :D
 
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DanceViDance said:
Actually, Violet rhymes with pilot. :) haha violet is my naaame :D
Huh. Good one.
 
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Where we all are right now...lounge.
 
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scrounge
 
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kurdt said:
scrounge

d'oh!
 
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Purple rhymes with maple syrple.
 
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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:
 
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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.
 
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I can think of month, purple, orange, violet & dreamt. Is that all of them?

Pilot rhymes with violet.
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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quicksilver? If dosen't drive you as mad as a hatter. Literally.
 
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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".
 
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Pølse doesn't rhyme with any other Norwegian words, nor with any English, I think. :smile:
 
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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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I don't have any godvilje, so no, følelse doesn't rhyme with pølse (it does rhyme with forkjølelse, though).
 
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Nausea?
 
  • #48
Causea?
 
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Kurdt said:
Causea?
:-p

sausage
 
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Gossage.
 

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