Rhyme & Reason

Tiny hamster. Strong opinions.

Simon the hamster, thinking it over

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Seven words.
Same last four letters.
Zero rhymes.
Do you know?
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cake pop
\ ˈkāk-ˌpäp \
noun
A bite-size ball of cake and frosting on a stick, dipped in a candy coating.
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“Lose Yourself”
Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto · 8 Mile · 2002
The rap song that won an Oscar. Listen to how it rhymes.
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Seven words.
Same last four letters.
Zero rhymes.
Do you know?
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The four letters:
-ough
No two of them rhyme.
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What they really rhyme with…
And hiccough?
That’s just hiccup in a costume.
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The hamster would like a word with whoever is in charge of English.
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Myth or fact?
“Only five words in English have no perfect rhyme: orange, silver, month, pint and ninth.”
Well?
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Myth or fact?
“Marry, merry and Mary all sound the same.”
Well?
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cold brew
\ ˈkōld-ˈbrü \
noun
Coffee steeped in cold water for hours. Smoother, stronger and somehow pricier.
So what rhymes with it?
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Rhymes in the wild
“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”
Paul Simon · 1975
The chorus started as a rhyming game with a three-year-old.
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cuff·ing sea·son
\ ˈkə-fiŋ-ˌsē-zᵊn \
noun
The chilly months when single people suddenly want someone to hunker down with.
So what rhymes with it?
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Rhymes in the wild
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
George and Ira Gershwin · 1937
Shall We Dance
A song where the rhymes only work if two people disagree.
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Myth or fact?
“Social rhymes with antisocial.”
Well?
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The Hamster Papers

Long reads from a short desk.