My Word Of The Day!!! - Page 3

Flint · 11-02-2006, 04:29 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, 04:29 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, 05:12 PM

melancholy

wolf · 11-02-2006, 06:33 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, 07:32 PM

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

yesman065 · 11-03-2006, 02:00 PM

Girth

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2006, 02:01 PM

Wayne.

Oh sorry, this isn't word association.

yesman065 · 11-03-2006, 02:02 PM

lol

Clodfobble · 11-03-2006, 04:17 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, 07:30 AM

The folly of the melancholy trolley.

My word is expatiate.

Stormieweather · 11-05-2006, 12:11 PM

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, 01:10 PM

scrofulous

And another personal favorite ... crenulation

dar512 · 11-14-2006, 04:12 PM

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

footfootfoot · 11-14-2006, 05:59 PM

crenulation reminds me of one of my favorites:
crepuscular

11-14-2006, 07:16 PM

Quintessences.

11-02-2006, 04:29 PM	#32
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	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. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-02-2006, 05:12 PM	#33
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	melancholy __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-02-2006, 07:32 PM	#35
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	okay, okay, I believe you believe it's a rhyme __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-03-2006, 02:01 PM	#37
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wayne. Oh sorry, this isn't word association. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-05-2006, 07:30 AM	#40
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The folly of the melancholy trolley. My word is expatiate. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-03-2006, 02:00 PM	#36
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Girth

11-03-2006, 02:02 PM	#38
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	lol

11-05-2006, 12:11 PM	#41
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	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. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

11-05-2006, 01:10 PM	#42
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	scrofulous And another personal favorite ... crenulation __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-14-2006, 04:12 PM	#43
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	One we had the giggles over in high school - masticate. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-14-2006, 05:59 PM	#44
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	crenulation reminds me of one of my favorites: crepuscular __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-14-2006, 07:16 PM	#45
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Quintessences.

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