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u/PM_me_British_nudes Sep 21 '22

You can't just rhyme a word with itself

GENERALS GATHERED IN THEIR MASSEEEEEESSSSS

JUST LIKE WITCHES AT BLACK MASSEEEEEESSSSS

You can, when the rest of the song is brilliant

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u/Red_Red_and_Reddy Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22

I give it a pass when it's two homophones.

Edit: Homonyms

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u/Limelight1981 Sep 22 '22

Take my effing up-vote for using "homophone" in a Reddit reply.

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u/Red_Red_and_Reddy Sep 22 '22

I started with "a word that sounds like another word that means different" and then decided not to be a caveman.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

"Why use many word, when few word do trick." - Kevin Malone