January 09 2011
Dont Sulk, Be Happy [BB292]
This week’s Birdbrain has no finite solution. Nevertheless, in the name of intrepid puzzling, I dug up 16 pairs of one-syllable opposites (such as SAD and GLAD) that also happen to rhyme with each other. Be happy with yourself if you can conjure at least eight couples. (And why not share your discoveries in the Comments section? Together, see if you can name my own entire bunch – plus a few more.) Note – both words in your pairing can only own one syllable, meaning MATERNAL and PATERNAL are off the agenda, though MA and PA are fine.
There, you now have two examples. Can you harvest a few more?
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB291 SOLUTION: Mixing IMAL with PA (P and A) gives you IMPALA.
Comments
Boniface — 09 January at 03:16AM
A few to kick off, some derived from common phrases:
go whoa
cinch pinch
make break
dog mog
hunk punk
git wit
shrewd rude
hire fire
wild mild
wane gain
Nib — 09 January at 12:07PM
me thee
jot blot
drum strum
fight flight
small tall
fat flat
stayed strayed
lewd prude
where there
yeas nays
fast last
robskee — 09 January at 10:29PM
Oxymoronic rhyming monosyllabic pairs. I like it.
grip slip
slip clip
seed weed
slack crack
meek cheek
few slew
JD — 10 January at 05:56PM
hole pole
least feast
whole hole
hale pale
pain gain
whole hole
hale stale
Mr X — 11 January at 11:27AM
one none
SJK — 11 January at 03:17PM
Arse class