# Words that Don't Rhyme With "Monkey" **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/61 "2003-03-01T03:19:28Z")
1. Lemon curry? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/62 "2003-03-01T03:33:44Z")
Funny thing… Tim Curry _does_ rhyme with monkey. 191¼ - Scrumptious 10 X 1709.35³ - lumen ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/63 "2003-03-01T03:43:30Z")
191.99999999999 - rectilinear ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/64 "2003-03-01T04:40:52Z")
1. junkie 2. punky LCMXIII) gunky 3.1415927) obdurate ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/65 "2003-03-01T05:05:46Z")
chipotle ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/66 "2003-03-01T07:29:54Z")
e) cookie x[sup]2[/sup]) U-turn ---
**Author:** ![bludaycious\_babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bludaycious\_babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bludaycious_babe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/67 "2003-03-01T07:48:22Z")
umm… Your mom? I’m not going to try to break out the 2 dollar words… so don’t make me… ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/68 "2003-03-01T08:54:57Z")
“George W. Bush,” oddly enough, does not rhyme with “monkey.” 'Cause, ya know, if it did, that would just be _too_ obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/69 "2003-03-01T09:23:11Z")
**Looking around the room** Speakers Monitor Keyboard Cable Modem Television Desk Chair Wall Ceiling No, wait, doesn’t “wall” rhyme with monkey? I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/70 "2003-03-01T11:11:12Z")
Since we’re probably on 340 by now, why not start _my_ aspect of this list Paul Reiser-style? 1. ceiling 2. fluorescent 3. incandescent 4. marzipan 5. cellophane 6. zoology 7. arthroscopic 8. rhododendron 9. cuticle 10. raspberry 11. refrigerator 12. antelope 13. marsupial 14. philately 15. lox 16. destruct 17. television 18. intelligent 19. contradictory 20. hybrid 21. genotype 22. theme 23. gospel 24. railroad 25. pomegranite 26. candle 27. nutritionist 28. advisory 29. barometric 30. carcinogenic 31. detritus 32. eggplant 33. fascination 34. gangrenous 35. hibernation 36. ionosphere 37. jocular 38. kleptomaniac 39. litmus 40. moribund 41. nebulous 42. otoscope 43. perspicacity 44. quizzical 45. respiratory 46. scatalogical 47. Tungsten 48. unilateral 49. vehicular 50. watermelon 51. x-ray 52. yo-yo 53. zygote I’d go alphabetically again, but I seem to have forgotten whether or not apiary rhymes with monkey… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/71 "2003-03-01T12:59:48Z")
Wow, these are great! ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/72 "2003-03-01T15:16:44Z")
1. Soleil Moonfry doesn’t - but **Punky** does! Hmm…a new spinoff? Punky the Spunky Monkey Junkie perhaps? Sorry, got carried away. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/73 "2003-03-01T15:35:41Z")
**iampunha** , # 379 on your list was misspelled. It should read _antedeluvian_. Just ftr, you know? ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/74 "2003-03-01T16:09:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\ ***iampunha** , # 379 on your list was misspelled. It should read _antedeluvian_. Just ftr, you know? \*\* Yes, indeed, but if spelled correctly, it rhymes. ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/75 "2003-03-01T16:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beelzebubba \* > **Punky the Spunky Monkey Junkie perhaps?** Or perhaps _Punky the Spunky Skunky Hunky Funky Chunky Monkey Junkie_ ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/76 "2003-03-01T16:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bludaycious babe \* > \*\*umm… Your mom? I’m not going to try to break out the 2 dollar words… so don’t make me… \*\* Welcome aboard! Is bludaycious with a “y” an alternative regional spelling? I’ve always seen it spelled “bludacious.” Please advise. ---
**Author:** ![Subjective\_Enema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Subjective\_Enema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subjective_Enema)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/77 "2003-03-01T16:43:56Z")
I’d join in, but I don’t know what this information is being used for and who might be watching. That and I can’t not-rhyme until well after noon. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/78 "2003-03-01T21:08:51Z")
Asking for a word that does not rhyme with monkey is kind of like asking for [ideas seldom referenced in top 40 songs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=166200). ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/79 "2003-03-01T21:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* > \*\*Or perhaps _Punky the Spunky Skunky Hunky Funky Chunky Monkey Junkie_ \*\* But that’s just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/80 "2003-03-01T23:27:07Z")
infinite set transfinite domain gigantic freaking list bizarre tendancies conditioned response follow-the-leader behavior Bavarian fire drill fnord fnord fnord Hagbard Selene postmodern irony spunkless square clean simian chimp [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167.md?page=5)