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capo403
Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:05:43 AM

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The object of this game is to determine the two rhyming words that fit the definition given. The number of letters in the target words are shown in parentheses following the definition. For example:

loaf topping (5)(6) = bread spread


To continue the game after solving a definition, create your own defintion using the same rules. Here is the first definition:

One who slices the bread spread (6)(6) =



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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:34:01 AM

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One who slices the bread spread (6)(6) = butter cutter

damper Rolex (7)(6) =
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:48:26 PM

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damper Rolex (7)(6) = moister Oyster

bigger (6) baseball player (6) =
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:07:34 PM

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fitter hitter (?)

fat spouse (6,5)
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:15:22 PM

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fatter batter (6) (6)

ornate (5) trousers (5)

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:23:49 PM

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fat spouse (6,5)

chubby hubby

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:31:38 PM

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Hercules (5) language gesture (8)

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:35:35 PM

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boneyfriend wrote:
Hercules (5) language gesture (8)


Did anybody get "ornate trousers" yet, boneyfriend?
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grammargeek, no, not yet. It's not that hard. The answer is fancy pants.

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:25:24 PM

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boneyfriend wrote:
grammargeek, no, not yet. It's not that hard. The answer is fancy pants.


I guess that answers the question of why I didn't get it and nobody else did, either.

Fancy and pants don't rhyme, boneyfriend.
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Posted: Sunday, March 21, 2010 3:22:00 AM

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No wonder I was enjoying this game so much. I wasn't playing by the rules. Sorry. And I was so proud of myself. My entry Hercules/language gesture doesn't rhyme either. I was thinking of Atlas Shrugged. Next time I will pay more attention.

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Posted: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:44:54 AM

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OK ..so if i may revive the game....?
clever(4) fraudster(5)

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Posted: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:15:47 PM

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Articulate Dreamer wrote:
OK ..so if i may revive the game....?
clever(4) fraudster(5)


Are you sure the target words rhyme, Articulate Dreamer? I have been racking my brains and still cannot come up with a workable answer. Apparently, no one else can either. A hint, please?


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capo403 wrote:
Articulate Dreamer wrote:
OK ..so if i may revive the game....?
clever(4) fraudster(5)


Are you sure the target words rhyme, Articulate Dreamer? I have been racking my brains and still cannot come up with a workable answer. Apparently, no one else can either. A hint, please?


Indeed they do rhyme, Capo:

clever fraudster: NEAT CHEAT

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An easier one now: a sitter!
Stupid (5) young horse (5)

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silly filly

atmosphere up (3,4)
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:46:21 AM

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atmosphere up (3,4) = sky high

inflict damage to arable land (4)(4) =


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inflict damage to arable land (4)(4) = harm farm

attempting Espionage (6)(6)=

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attempting Espionage (6)(6)= trying spying

disgusting (4) chart (4) =
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attempting espionage=trying spying
simple(5) downpour(4)

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Articulate Dreamer wrote:
attempting espionage=trying spying
simple(5) downpour(4)


plain rain

And to go back to my previous one:

disgusting (4) chart (4) =

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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:05:32 PM

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disgusting (4) chart (4) = vile file? (hope that's close,)

multiple (4) coins(7)=

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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:08:32 PM

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islanddreamer wrote:
disgusting (4) chart (4) = vile file? (hope that's close,) Yep, that's it.

multiple (4) coins(7)=


I can only come up with "many pennies" but that doesn't rhyme exactly, so somebody else can try a different guess.
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short (6) stairway (6) =
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:36:44 PM

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grammargeek wrote:
short (6) stairway (6) =

slight flight?

made a hole (5) disregarded (7)
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:00:29 PM

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nooblet wrote:
grammargeek wrote:
short (6) stairway (6) =

slight flight?

made a hole (5) disregarded (7)


You got mine right.

For yours, I can only come up with "poked revoked"; however, I realize that one syllable compared to two syllables wouldn't technically rhyme.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:33:05 PM

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You're getting close, and the second word is two syllables.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:38:18 PM

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nooblet wrote:
You're getting close, and the second word is two syllables.


bored ignored?
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:39:42 PM

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Yep, that's it. :)
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nooblet wrote:
Yep, that's it. :)


YAY!

next:

one who pees in the woods (6) soiled clothes container (6)
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:03:14 PM

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grammargeek wrote:
islanddreamer wrote:
disgusting (4) chart (4) = vile file? (hope that's close,) Yep, that's it.

multiple (4) coins(7)=


I can only come up with "many pennies" but that doesn't rhyme exactly, so somebody else can try a different guess.


Sorry you didn't like my rhyme Grammargeek, it was acceptable, but I'll play along...
this is from the rhyme zone: http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=many&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l

Words and phrases that rhyme with many: (58 results)

1 syllable:
henne

2 syllables:
any, behney, beni, benney, bennie, benny, clenney, denney, dennie, denny, fenney, freni, glennie, glenny, gwennie, heney, henie, henney, jenney, jenni, jennie, jenny, kenney, kenny, lennie, lenny, leny, leonie, neni, penney, pennie, penny, plenty, rennie, renny, seney, steny, sweney, tenney, tenny, twenty, veney


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one who pees in the woods (6) soiled clothes container (6) = camper hamper

angry(3) young man(3)

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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:13:52 PM

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Islanddreamer, yours is something like an oblique/semi rhyme, which is still a rhyme in my book.

Mine was a "perfect rhyme," according to rhyme rules. There is no specific term for an entire word (multi-syllabic) rhyming with the entirety of another word.

The most commonly accepted form of rhyme is where the last stressed syllable and everything after it (to the right) sound the same, this is considered a perfect rhyme. Anything that extends further to the left is considered more than perfect.

angry (3) young man (3) = mad lad
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:13:58 PM

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islanddreamer wrote:
grammargeek wrote:
islanddreamer wrote:
disgusting (4) chart (4) = vile file? (hope that's close,) Yep, that's it.

multiple (4) coins(7)=


I can only come up with "many pennies" but that doesn't rhyme exactly, so somebody else can try a different guess.


Sorry you didn't like my rhyme Grammargeek, it was acceptable, but I'll play along...
this is from the rhyme zone: http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=many&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l

Words and phrases that rhyme with many: (58 results)

1 syllable:
henne

2 syllables:
any, behney, beni, benney, bennie, benny, clenney, denney, dennie, denny, fenney, freni, glennie, glenny, gwennie, heney, henie, henney, jenney, jenni, jennie, jenny, kenney, kenny, lennie, lenny, leny, leonie, neni, penney, pennie, penny, plenty, rennie, renny, seney, steny, sweney, tenney, tenny, twenty, veney


I have no problem with "many penny"; it's "pennies" with the "s" sound on the end that throws it off, to my way of thinking anyway.

Perhaps it's time for an official ruling from capo as to what can pass for rhyming in this game. This is a good example for clarification, as well as whether or not the number of syllables must be the same.

What do you think, capo? It's your game.
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