# 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:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/41 "2003-02-28T21:50:25Z")

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1. Bearflag

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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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/42 "2003-02-28T21:53:21Z")

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1. Fibonacci

2. gunky?

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**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/43 "2003-02-28T21:59:39Z")

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1. Nutsack

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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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/44 "2003-02-28T22:03:07Z")

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1. twenty-nine

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/45 "2003-02-28T22:03:46Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \*  
> \*\*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 \*\*

Still not numbered. 😃

Antidisestablishmentarianism does’t rhyme with monkey either.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/46 "2003-02-28T22:03:49Z")

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1. Yahtzee!

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/47 "2003-02-28T22:05:37Z")

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Oh, mine was number 39 I think. Or 50. Maybe 17.

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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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/48 "2003-02-28T22:16:26Z")

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Fine.

1. Chalupa
2. Faygo
3. temperature
4. window
5. CD-ROM
6. accept
7. hurricane
8. jazz
9. uppity
10. Yogi
11. legend
12. Jamal
13. sailboat
14. pipebomb
15. investigator
16. tribute
17. snackpack
18. eyes
19. waxy
20. greaseball
21. folder
22. verbatim
23. starving
24. Thunderbird
25. tack
26. tact
27. duct
28. track
29. duck
30. dick
31. dank
32. dunk
33. trunk
34. tick
35. tuck
36. tucked
37. pissed
38. liposuction
39. umbrella
40. high-brow
41. deposit
42. corkboard
43. juicy
44. cell
45. legal
46. trump
47. angle
48. Aladdin
49. Euchre
50. Saturday
51. Venus
52. speck
53. trombone
54. tight
55. right
56. aspirin
57. sloop
58. homeowners
59. master
60. gerbil
61. studio
62. hangover
63. casino
64. federal
65. Mary
66. art
67. street
68. handshake
69. palm
70. peacock
71. engagement
72. woofer
73. dingleberry
74. car
75. pita
76. wispy
77. hospital
78. FOIA
79. overpass
80. glancing
81. ice
82. festival
83. cash
84. Walter
85. quartet
86. civil
87. language
88. peachy
89. Eurasia
90. moxy
91. Judaism
92. Broadway
93. sexuality
94. pound
95. hyphen
96. dung
97. heritage
98. haughtily
99. cattle
100. Prozac
101. member
102. town
103. cheeseburger
104. asterisk
105. molehill
106. Albert
107. magazines
108. fax
109. speedway
110. seven
111. blonde
112. bookworm
113. German
114. answer
115. type
116. Missouri
117. choices
118. highlighter
119. county
120. toggle
121. derby
122. dew
123. alphabet
124. Survivor
125. thrice
126. natal
127. naughty
128. dummy
129. Spalding
130. appointments
131. durge
132. virginal
133. Gettysburg
134. humbug
135. spiffy
136. Latino
137. Geoff
138. Beowolf
139. brothers
140. help
141. putz
142. Eve
143. even
144. loosely
145. control-top
146. Cheerios
147. Christmas
148. rub
149. business
150. sleeping
151. Kraut
152. hogwash
153. bees
154. Jupiter

And don’t say I never did anything for you.

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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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/49 "2003-02-28T22:20:49Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \*  
> \*\*Antidisestablishmentarianism does’t rhyme with monkey either. \*\*

Cite?

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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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/50 "2003-02-28T22:25:17Z")

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Don’t be silly

Monkey doesn’t rhyme with anything.

But it does rhyme with everything funky.

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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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/51 "2003-02-28T22:26:19Z")

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Wait no, it doesn’t rhyme but Monkey does.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/52 "2003-02-28T22:28:19Z")

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# 70 was misspelled.

It’s _conundrum_

Thanks and you’re welcome

our feet are stained (German goodbye - say it out loud)

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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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/53 "2003-02-28T22:33:27Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \*  
> [Bour feet are stained (German goodbye - say it out loud) \*\*

ouch

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/54 "2003-02-28T22:33:27Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by pravnik \*  
> \*\*Cite? \*\*

[Here’s your cite site!](http://www.churchofspongebob.org/)  
#189. Cite

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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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/55 "2003-02-28T22:35:04Z")

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1. loose association

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**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/56 "2003-02-28T22:40:48Z")

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necromancy  
beer  
digital  
parrot  
scanner  
kitten  
speaker  
principles  
of  
radio  
communication  
kazoo  
compass  
calculator  
lobotomy  
flowers  
tape  
sandals  
Prince  
(The artist formerly known as Prince)  
flatus  
cowbell  
weasel  
sycophant  
trebuchet  
verbose  
nihilist  
pandemonium  
lager  
otter  
sniffing  
cheese  
eating  
surrender  
badgers

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**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/57 "2003-02-28T23:43:57Z")

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**Ethilrist** , my new favorite person!

And, wow.  
Happy

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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:** [March 1, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/58 "2003-03-01T02:35:47Z")

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Skunky?

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**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/59 "2003-03-01T02:46:29Z")

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1. Incontinent

2. Wonky

3. Curd

4. Laboratory

5. Enzyme

6. Juggernaut

7a) Paleontology

-1.2) Headphone

3x12) Spastic

245Q^3-12) Xylophone

3b) Vodka

pi) Lachrymose

1.44MB) Vendetta

1.8GHz) Absquatulate

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**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/60 "2003-03-01T03:12:53Z")

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1. Strom Thurmond

(proper nouns are OK, right? We’re running out of Scrabble-legal words that don’t rhyme with monkey.)

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