# What tdoes the term "alliteration" mean to you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 16, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tdoes-the-term-alliteration-mean-to-you/734843 "2015-10-16T20:34:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tdoes-the-term-alliteration-mean-to-you/734843/41 "2015-10-19T21:58:27Z")

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Alliteration is just repeated similar sounds. Unlike a rhyme, it doesn’t have to be the ending of the sound or the ending of a line.

Good alliterations are like good puns - the more obviously intentional, the better it is. A repetition in just two words would still qualify as alliteration for me, but it would not be a good alliteration, and I might right it off as being accidental.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tdoes-the-term-alliteration-mean-to-you/734843/42 "2015-10-19T23:06:18Z")

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You made me play that song by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

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