# Words that Don't Rhyme With "Monkey"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167 "2003-02-28T16:59:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/1 "2003-02-28T16:59:08Z")

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1. Wax

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**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/2 "2003-02-28T17:01:41Z")

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Spelunking- you might think for a moment that it does, but no.

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**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/3 "2003-02-28T17:02:00Z")

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melon

llama

memocube

jellybean

weapons of mass distruction

ductape

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/4 "2003-02-28T17:04:47Z")

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“Monkey” doesn’t rhyme with monkey. Monkey _is_ monkey.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/5 "2003-02-28T17:04:50Z")

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Donkey allmost but not quite

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**Author:** ![lionel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@lionel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lionel)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/6 "2003-02-28T17:05:54Z")

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wankle rotary engine

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/7 "2003-02-28T17:10:11Z")

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Every single word I know rhymes with monkey ☹

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/8 "2003-02-28T17:20:55Z")

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chunkier

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/9 "2003-02-28T17:21:03Z")

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Funky!

No, wait…

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**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/10 "2003-02-28T17:22:50Z")

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Nonkey

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/11 "2003-02-28T17:23:28Z")

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Spunky

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/12 "2003-02-28T17:24:34Z")

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Check that, **Lorenzo** …I think it does.

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/13 "2003-02-28T17:24:46Z")

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Lunkiest

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/14 "2003-02-28T17:26:17Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by bup \*  
> \*\*Check that, **Lorenzo** …I think it does. \*\*

Ahh, “Words that _don’t_ Rhyme with Monkey” :smack:

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/15 "2003-02-28T17:27:24Z")

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Honkey?

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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/16 "2003-02-28T17:28:10Z")

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I need them to be numbered.

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/17 "2003-02-28T17:31:25Z")

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1. Numbered

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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/18 "2003-02-28T17:40:57Z")

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1. monkey

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/19 "2003-02-28T17:43:13Z")

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Chalupa  
Faygo  
temperature  
window  
CD-ROM  
accept  
hurricane  
jazz  
uppity  
Yogi  
legend  
Jamal  
sailboat  
pipebomb  
investigator  
tribute  
snackpack  
eyes  
waxy  
greaseball  
folder  
verbatim  
starving  
Thunderbird  
tack  
tact  
duct  
track  
duck  
dick  
dank  
dunk  
trunk  
tick  
tuck  
tucked  
pissed  
liposuction  
umbrella  
high-brow  
deposit  
corkboard  
juicy  
cell  
legal  
trump  
angle  
Aladdin  
Euchre  
Saturday  
Venus  
speck  
trombone  
tight  
right  
aspirin  
sloop  
homeowners  
master  
gerbil  
studio  
hangover  
casino  
federal  
Mary  
art  
street  
handshake  
palm  
peacock  
engagement  
woofer  
dingleberry  
car  
pita  
wispy  
hospital  
FOIA  
overpass  
glancing  
ice  
festival  
cash  
Walter  
quartet  
civil  
language  
peachy  
Eurasia  
moxy  
Judaism  
Broadway  
sexuality  
pound  
hyphen  
dung  
heritage  
haughtily  
cattle  
Prozac  
member  
town  
cheeseburger  
asterisk  
molehill  
Albert  
magazines  
fax  
speedway  
seven  
blonde  
bookworm  
German  
answer  
type  
Missouri  
choices  
highlighter  
county  
toggle  
derby  
dew  
alphabet  
Survivor  
thrice  
natal  
naughty  
dummy  
Spalding  
appointments  
durge  
virginal  
Gettysburg  
humbug  
spiffy  
Latino  
Geoff  
Beowolf  
brothers  
help  
putz  
Eve  
even  
loosely  
control-top  
Cheerios  
Christmas  
rub  
business  
sleeping  
Kraut  
hogwash  
bees  
Jupiter

Go ahead, double check! None of those words rhyme with monkey. And you might as well add all the words in these two sentences to that list, because these don’t either!

Happy

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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/20 "2003-02-28T17:45:03Z")

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Billy Packer

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