English Word Game

myprelude

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Oct 25, 2006
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Translate the following lists of definitions into rhyming pairs.
Use the headings as clues to the number of syllables in each word.

INK PINK
1. large dried fruit
2. wet hobo
3. crazy flat boat
4. stupid finger
5. bad smell in a ditch
6. grass strength
7. porcine toupee

INKY PINKY
8. happy boat
9. thrifty horn
10. untippable piece of furniture
11. elementory skin eruption
12. comical hare
13. drunk fortune-teller

INKITY PINKITY
14. hebrew walking stick
15. display of sweets
16. conference about a head injury
17. mundane pattern of tiles

INKITITY PINKITITY
18. self-reliant over seer
19. floor-covering oil
20. deafening ancient chant
21. star war

INKITITITY PINKITITITY
22. opinion article in tropical newspaper

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edit:
#1 big fig
#2 damp tramp
#3 daft raft
#4 dumb thumb
#5 trench stench
#6 lawn brawn
#7 pig wig
#8 merry ferry
#9 frugal bugle
#10 stable table
#11 simple pimple
#12 funny bunny
#13 tipsy gypsy
#14 ???
#15 confection collection
#16 concussion discussion
#17 archaic mosaic
#18 ???
#19 linoleum petroleum
#20 ???
#21 constellation conflagration
#22 equatorial editorial
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jagec

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Apr 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: myprelude
Translate the following lists of definitions into rhyming pairs.
Use the headings as clues to the number of syllables in each word.

INK PINK
1. large dried fruit
big fig (does it HAVE to be dried?)

2. wet hobo
damp tramp

3. crazy flat boat
daft raft

4. stupid finger
dumb thumb

5. bad smell in a ditch
trench stench

6. grass strength
lawn brawn

7. porcine toupee
pig wig

INKY PINKY
8. happy boat
smug tug (?)

9. thrifty horn
cheap beep (works?)

10. untippable piece of furniture
stable table

11. elementary skin eruption
simple pimple

12. comical hare
funny bunny

13. drunk fortune-teller
tipsy gypsy

INKITY PINKITY
14. hebrew walking stick


15. display of sweets
confection collection

16. conference about a head injury
concussion discussion

17. mundane pattern of tiles -?


INKITITY PINKITITY
18. self-reliant over seer
independent superintendent?

19. floor-covering oil
linoleum petroleum

20. deafening ancient chant

21. star war
constellation conflagration

INKITITITY PINKITITITY
22. opinion article in tropical newspaper

 

bolomite

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Oct 12, 2000
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I think the very last one is 'equatorial editorial'

also, #9 is 'frugal bugle'