Some time ago, fotb “Mister Slither” launched a site called “Nearly Rhymes.” He heads it “Some phrases that just about rhyme” and gives it the cautionary tagline “May include phrases that do rhyme.” I’ll quote a few of his word pairs:
From the inaugural post, “Some phrases that include the names of nationalities and just about rhyme“:
- Spanish spinach
- Tanzanian human bein’
- Who’d expect an Uzbek?
- Phoenician phonetician
- Wax-can the Oaxacan
From the second post, “Some hostile rhymes“:
- He’s cruisin’ for a bruisin’
- He’s on his way to the fist cafe
- He’s nattering for a battering
From the third post, “Words that more or less rhyme with some animal names“:
- Ghostly goat
- Ostrich outrage
- Purple gerbil
- Compliant lion
- Flippant hippo
- Livelier tiger
Mister Slither hasn’t posted there since November 2010; today he added me to the site as an administrator. To show my gratitude, I’ve put up a post called “Up your assonance!” in which I quote the dictionary and list 10 word pairs that more or less rhyme.
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