# What Rhymes with Orange? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 29, 1999, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452 "1999-10-29T19:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/1 "1999-10-29T19:31:00Z")
Dear Cecil, I was wondering if you knew of any other words that rhyme with the word “Orange”. I can’t thing of one. Neither can anybody else I’ve asked. You are my last hope. Thank you in advance, * * * ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/2 "1999-10-29T19:39:00Z")
Purple, month and silver all rhyme with orange as well as anything. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/3 "1999-10-29T19:39:00Z")
I believe there’s a !Kung dialect that pronounces “troll” like orange. Glad to be of help. * * * And the problem with small furry animals in corners is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose. Terry Pratchett, _Witches Abroad_ ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/4 "1999-10-29T19:47:00Z")
why do we drive on parkway and park on driveway? ask him that next. he loves that question. * * * All this science, I don’t understand. It’s just my job 5 days a week-- Rocketman ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/5 "1999-10-29T19:47:00Z")
Dear Bonz, Get lost. Thank you in advance. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/6 "1999-10-29T20:21:00Z")
“Door-hinge” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/7 "1999-10-29T20:57:00Z")
four-inch Just like you, Bonz. (Damn, that wasn’t like me at all…) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/8 "1999-10-29T21:03:00Z")
Forage, and storage. Hmm? Close. No cigar. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/9 "1999-10-29T21:38:00Z")
(in case this was not a troll) sporange. It means to produce spores, IIRC. * * * “Happiness is nonetheless true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought and love lose their value because they are not everlasting.” - Bertrand Russell ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/10 "1999-10-29T22:55:00Z")
Boringe. (It was spelt like that on the Cat Detector van. I’m very observant.) ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/11 "1999-10-29T23:04:00Z")
Cat Detector van? ---
**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krish)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/12 "1999-10-30T01:13:00Z")
IIRC, Dr. Seuss invented the word “nerd” for one of his books. He probably ran into the orange problem once. Why don’t you check out some of his books, Bonz? ---
**Author:** ![Timothy\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Timothy\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timothy_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/13 "1999-10-30T01:29:00Z")
This perennial question 'bout “orange” Has never ceased to make me crr-ringe! **Gaudere** : The remark about the Cat Detector van was based on a bit of Monty Python. If you haven’t memorized the entire canon by now, get crackinge! ---
**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/14 "1999-10-30T02:27:00Z")
Knock-knock ! Who’s there ? Orange. Orange who ? Knock-knock ! Who’s there ? Orange. Orange who ? Knock-knock ! Who’s there ? Orange. Orange who ? Knock-knock ! Who’s there ? Orange. Orange who, you troll ? Orange you glad I didn’t say orange again ? _(Couldn’t resist…)_ * * * _O le mea a tamaali’i fa’asala, a o le mea a tufanua fa’alumaina._ ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/15 "1999-10-30T02:47:00Z")
A door for use in Jack and the Beanstalk might be a ‘four-hinge’ one, but I gave up early on those fairy tales, as you might’ve noticed in an earlier post. And, of course, a hinge that you buy from the store, rather than make yourself. . .aw, cut it out! Why don’t these rhyme fiends ever grow up? A wonderful bug is the caterpillar. I’ve watched and enjoyed as it sat uphill or -Down on the grass. And then off to class I soon ran like our school never had a pillar. Ray (Well, this is the beta version; the next one won’t have any bug.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/16 "1999-10-30T02:47:00Z")
I would like to buy a license for my pet fish Eric. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/17 "1999-10-30T03:01:00Z")
Nano: That’s very similar to an old Ogden Nash poem (which I do not totally remember): There once was a bird called the pelican, Whose beak could hold more that his belly can. (Line I can’t remember) (Another line) But I don’t see how the hell he can. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/18 "1999-10-30T03:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Gaudere: The remark about the Cat Detector van was based on a bit of Monty Python. If you haven’t memorized the entire canon by now, get crackinge! I am uncultured and do not have the whole series memorized. But I just got _Life of Brian_, _Meaning of Life_, and _Holy Grail_ for my brother’s birthday, with the ulterior motive that then I can watch them all again too. Perhaps I will get him the TV series for Christmas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/19 "1999-10-30T05:29:00Z")
Yes, Mjollnir, I plagiarized, more or less, the form and the first two words. I don’t remember the other words either. Ray ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452/20 "1999-10-30T07:35:00Z")
Little yellow bird With a big yellow bill Sitting on my window sill I lured him in with crumbs of bread Then I smashed his f\*\*\*\*\*\* head What? Peace, mangeorge [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhymes-with-orange/4452.md?page=2)