# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/81 "2003-03-01T23:28:13Z")
remote gerbil hamster scar ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/82 "2003-03-02T00:33:23Z")
May I make a suggestion? Figure out how many words _do_ rhyme with monkey. Then, I think there was a thread awhile ago in GQ asking how many words there are in the English language. Search for that. Subtract the first number from the second, and then you will know how many words don’t rhyme with monkey (I’m assuming that’s what you want to know, as you _did_ request that they be numbered.) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/83 "2003-03-02T05:17:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* > Yes, indeed, but if spelled correctly, it rhymes. It’s that near-rhyme you have to watch out for. 1. Apricot 2. Bourgeoise 3. cabriolet 4. doom 5. engulf 6. frost 7. gratitude 8. Hermetic 9. iamb 10. Jello 11. kicker 12. lactation 13. municipal 14. necromancer 15. octagon 16. production 17. quadricep 18. renal 19. smoke (actually not so sure about this one. Help?) 20. triceratops 21. uvular 22. ventricle 23. walrus That’s all I can think of for now. There are more, I’m sure. Oh. **monica** , almost all of your words do _not_ rhyme with monkey. Very good! However, these three do: 1. assuming 2. thread 3. numbered Please keep this in mind for future “Words that do not rhyme with ‘Monkey’” threads:) ---
**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 2, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/84 "2003-03-02T14:24:12Z")
#428 Smoke actually _does_ rhyme in certain circumstances. It has to be read with the pronunciaition from from old Sumerian which treats the “smo” as “muhnn” and the “ke” as “kee” But! Ancient Sumerian can only be read by sentient, hyper-intelligent peices of string soaked in a vat of nutrative fluidlike goo. On alternate Tuesdays. In the dark. So, for all intents and purposes\* “smoke” usually doesn’t rhyme with “monkey.” \*'cause we love Flipper, Flipper… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/85 "2003-03-02T15:42:02Z")
Okay, great work. That’s what we needed. Mods, please close the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/86 "2003-03-03T03:03:30Z")
Don’t close thread. Me like thread. Me monkey. ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/87 "2003-03-03T03:28:41Z")
1. Colostomy Weasel - As in: “They were all out of bags, so they had to use a Colostomy Weasel” Unfortunately, it’s another one of those weird quirks of the english language, where if taken seperately, they do, in fact rhyme - and I should know, me talks english good. ---
**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 3, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/88 "2003-03-03T04:18:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* > \*\*Welcome aboard! > > Is bludaycious with a “y” an alternative regional spelling? I’ve always seen it spelled “bludacious.” > > Please advise. \*\* yeshhh… I do believe so. But the other way of spelling was taken, so of course, I opted for my way. Thank you very much! :o ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/89 "2003-03-03T04:30:19Z")
There might be some serious rioting if this thread were closed. And if anybody is counting anymore, I don’t believe any of those words rhyme with monkey. Normally. ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/90 "2003-03-03T04:51:31Z")
The man in the yellow hat says: 1. Bonobo * * * Get your hands off of me you damn dirty monkey!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/91 "2003-03-03T12:12:55Z")
(430)Observations: (431)Maths (432)geeks (433)seem (434)drawn (435)to (436)this (437)thread. (438)This (439)is (440)the (441)nearly (442)the (443)ultimate (444)in MPSIMS. LEGOMANCER - (446)WHY MONKEY?? (447)WE (448)MUST (449)KNOW! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/92 "2003-03-03T17:30:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*remote > gerbil > hamster > scar \*\* it sounds like Samarm has a story he’s not telling us… ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/93 "2003-03-03T21:02:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beelzebubba \* > \*\*But that’s just silly. \*\* :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/94 "2003-03-03T21:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TJdude825 \* > \*\*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). \*\* Bizarre coincidence ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/95 "2003-03-03T21:30:25Z")
There once was a poster named **Legomancer** , who wanted a list of words that did not rhyme with monkey. So **pravnik** wrote a limerick, with words that did not rhyme with monkey or each other, and on top of all that the meter was absolutely horrible as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/96 "2003-03-03T21:40:37Z")
Davy Jones Mike Nesmith Mickey Dolenz Peter Tork ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/97 "2003-03-03T21:43:30Z")
::looks for meter:: ::doesn’t find any:: ::goes off in search of lost words that do not rhyme with monkey:: ---
**Author:** ![ford\_prefect42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@ford\_prefect42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ford_prefect42)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/98 "2003-03-04T15:42:14Z")
1. binary ½) contrary 1. elementary ¼) actuary infinity) mortuary e\*pi) scary 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/99 "2003-03-04T15:47:49Z")
Th…that was beautiful, **pravnik**! ---
**Author:** ![bong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-dont-rhyme-with-monkey/158167/100 "2003-03-06T02:56:48Z")
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