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Flint 11-02-2006 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf
soft c. Like s-short i-s-um

But rhythm doesn't have an "s" - it's a "th" . . .

Happy Monkey 11-02-2006 03:29 PM

I suppose logarithm doesn't count, since it contains the complete homophone. Heh, that's sorta amusing. There is no rhyme for rhythm. Somehow it makes me think of rap.

BigV 11-02-2006 04:12 PM

melancholy

wolf 11-02-2006 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint
But rhythm doesn't have an "s" - it's a "th" . . .

voiced vs. unvoiced sybillant. It's a rhyme, I tell you.

Flint 11-02-2006 06:32 PM

okay, okay, I believe you believe it's a rhyme

yesman065 11-03-2006 01:00 PM

Girth

Shawnee123 11-03-2006 01:01 PM

Wayne.

Oh sorry, this isn't word association.

yesman065 11-03-2006 01:02 PM

lol

Clodfobble 11-03-2006 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yesman065
Girth

Rhymes with "worth."

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV
melancholy

Technically, a word rhymes if it has the same vowel sounds in each syllable from the stressed syllable onwards, meaning you only have to rhyme with "-choly". So in that case, "folly" and "trolley" would both work.

footfootfoot 11-05-2006 06:30 AM

The folly of the melancholy trolley.

My word is expatiate.

Stormieweather 11-05-2006 11:11 AM

harangue \huh-RANG\, noun:
1. A speech addressed to a large public assembly.
2. A noisy or pompous speech; a rant.

transitive verb:
1. To deliver a harangue to; to address by a harangue.

intransitive verb:
1. To make a harangue; to declaim.

wolf 11-05-2006 12:10 PM

scrofulous

And another personal favorite ... crenulation

dar512 11-14-2006 03:12 PM

One we had the giggles over in high school - masticate.

footfootfoot 11-14-2006 04:59 PM

crenulation reminds me of one of my favorites:
crepuscular

rkzenrage 11-14-2006 06:16 PM

Quintessences.


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