# Purple & Orange, any other words without rhymes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685 "2005-02-06T19:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/82 "2011-09-13T15:54:15Z")
> [@curly\_chick](#): > > It’s first is in church and also in chapel > It’s second’s in rhubarb; but not in apple > It’s third’s thrice in Shannon but never in Liffey > The last letter’s t and the whole word’s quite iffy. Bunt a baseball Hunt a rabbit Punt a football Runt of the litter 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/83 "2011-09-13T17:50:32Z")
And when I [hurple](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hurple) My lips turn purple. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/84 "2011-09-13T17:55:55Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > What rhymes with zombie? Traveling in a fried-out combie On a hippie trail, head full of zombie ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/85 "2011-09-13T19:26:24Z")
I have nothing to add. I just feel like I belong here. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/86 "2011-09-14T12:05:33Z")
donkey rhymes with zombie lozenge rhymes with orange ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/87 "2011-09-14T13:00:47Z")
Higgledy-piggledy, Orange and purple were Given as words that for Poets are banes Then six years later the Thread unexpectedly Rose like a zombie in Search of fresh brains. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/88 "2011-09-14T20:49:25Z")
> [@](#): > > donkey rhymes with zombie > lozenge rhymes with orange No, “donkey” rhymes with “zonkie”, and “lozenge” rhymes with “ozenge”. I’m not sure how you get that those words rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/89 "2011-09-14T21:00:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, “donkey” rhymes with “zonkie”, and “lozenge” rhymes with “ozenge”. I’m not sure how you get that those words rhyme. Depends on the accent I suppose but here [UK, South West] I would say: Don - Key ===\> Zom - Bee Loz - En - Dj ===\> Or - En - Dj Just wanted to disprove the myth that nothing rhymes with orange. Will stop now, poor thread needs some sleep. ---
**Author:** ![WILDJC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cdc98d/32.png) [@WILDJC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILDJC)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/90 "2011-09-14T21:07:52Z")
Orange - Syringe ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/91 "2011-09-14T21:10:38Z")
I was taught in school (all the way through 12th grade) that the sole requirement for words to rhyme was for them to have the last syllable pronounced the same. Thus, people and purple are rhymes. So are lozenge and orange. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/92 "2011-09-14T21:11:47Z")
‘Proper’ rhymes and ‘true’ rhymes are misleading phrases. A lot of words rhyme with everything suggested here, it’s just questionable whether they’re _perfect_ rhymes. Rhythm rhymes with smitham. The final phoneme of ‘zombie’ and ‘donkey’ are the same (in my accent). So they rhyme. But they’re not perfect, obviously. For poetic/song lyric purposes though, nobody is going to argue whether they rhyme (A creative writing tutor at my uni liked to say ‘chime’ instead). ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/93 "2011-09-14T22:27:19Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Higgledy-piggledy, > Orange and purple were > Given as words that for > Poets are banes > > Then six years later the > Thread unexpectedly > Rose like a zombie in > Search of fresh brains. Since no-one else has done so yet, I just wanted to salute you for creating a fine specimen of a [devilishly difficult verse form](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl). Bravo! _[I’ll admit that I’ve been trying, without success, to think of a single hexasyllabic word that you could have used to replace “ **Thread unexpectedly** ”.]_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/94 "2011-09-14T22:58:52Z")
Apparently, a lot of you . . . including zombies . . . don’t know the meaning of the word “rhyme.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/95 "2011-09-15T03:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Depends on the accent I suppose but here [UK, South West] I would say: > > Don - Key ===\> Zom - Bee > > Loz - En - Dj ===\> Or - En - Dj Folks in the southwest UK pronounce a “k” sound the same as a “b” sound? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/96 "2011-09-15T07:39:36Z")
> [@Antonius\_Block](#): > > Since no-one else has done so yet, I just wanted to salute you for creating a fine specimen of a [devilishly difficult verse form](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl). > > Bravo! > > _[I’ll admit that I’ve been trying, without success, to think of a single hexasyllabic word that you could have used to replace “ **Thread unexpectedly** ”.]_ Modesty, schmodesty Thank you **Antoni’ B** Glad that my poetry’s Given you kicks Now the next day I see “unnecessarily” Could with a tweak or three Fit on line six. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/97 "2011-09-15T14:55:33Z")
This thread was bumped by a spammer, who’s gone now, but I’m going to leave it open since y’all seem to be having a good time. **twickster** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/98 "2011-09-15T15:29:13Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > This thread was bumped by a spammer, who’s gone now, but I’m going to leave it open since y’all seem to be having a good time. > > **twickster** , moderator You should unban the spammer - he/she/it seems to be a good contributor at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/99 "2011-09-15T15:32:44Z")
From far back in the mists of time: > [@IGJoe](#): > > Well, I can’t come up with any for either _English_ or _language_… “Sandwich” rhymes almost perfectly with “language” for me. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/100 "2011-09-15T16:46:09Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Modesty, schmodesty > Thank you **Antoni’ B** > Glad that my poetry’s > Given you kicks > > Now the next day I see > “unnecessarily” > Could with a tweak or three > Fit on line six. Gotchaya, gotchaya! Fine poet Colophon Might use a word from the SDMB Right [at the page top](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300970&page=2) there’s “Australopithecus” – Hexasyllabic and Fits to a T! ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/101 "2011-09-15T21:54:07Z")
There seems to be a lack of agreement in just what constitutes a “rhyme.” According to the definition at [http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-r.html#rhyme](http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-r.html#rhyme), a rhyme is > [@](#): > > a correspondence of sound in the final accented vowels and all that follows of two or more words, but the preceding consonant sounds must differ, as in the words, \*bear \*and _care_. There are such things as _near rhymes_ and _half rhymes_, but I’m pretty sure the OP was only concerned with perfect rhymes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685.md?page=6)