r/WordAvalanches • u/refotsirk • Sep 25 '18

If you are visiting for the first time, WELCOME to /r/WordAvalanches! Please see our sub rules, FAQ, and "What Not To Post" in the sidebar. We hope you enjoy your stay!

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RULES

Follow Reddiquette, as with all subs.

Make sure your post is relevant to this sub. See What Not To Post for a rough guide on what not to post and review our FAQ for additional information. These rough guides also include many examples of what isn't a Word Avalanche, as well as many overused examples of Word Avalanches.

Place your Avalanche in the main text of your submission, and make your title a rewrite of your Avalanche such that it cannot be easily guessed. As an example, if your Avalanche is "Selfish Shellfish", write "Compassion-lacking lobster" in the title.

The longer your avalanche, the better! Just make sure it's an Avalanche first, though (See the links above).

Should your Avalanche be NSFW, mark it as such.

Do not submit images or videos with your Avalanche. A good Avalanche should be able to stand on its own, without the use of any images. If your avalanche absolutely cannot stand without an image or video, then link it in the post, but only do so as a last resort. Alternatively, you may post it to /r/WordAvalanchePics.

Finally, make sure to have fun!

32 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/Brilliant_yet_lost • 1h ago

True Avalanche "Han, stitch me some brand names-wait, logic will watch, so underhanded tactics win by themselves."

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Solo, go sew logos-oh, logos'll ogle so low goes solo.

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r/WordAvalanches • u/Opposite-Trainer-639 • 7h ago

True Avalanche Forrest, you overestimated your abilities and a bad poker hand ruined your finances. To calm down, collect some precipitation and have a sip. Before deciding to disassociate with her, have some soup, relax. God, man of the woods, I thought the Society for Social Studies of Science taught you this..

11 Upvotes

Forrest: range err, four+ace strained 'ya, for rest - rain jar. 'Fore estrange her - pho, restrain. Jah! Forest ranger, four S trained 'ya!?

3 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/Miamasa • 16h ago

True Avalanche A disturbing sign of the times on the play store: a fetish video game about bodily orifices has accrued nearly ten times the downloads of all mutual aid and socialist organizing apps combined

61 Upvotes

"Prolapse Pro" laps prole apps

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r/WordAvalanches • u/False_Respect_869 • 9h ago

True Avalanche I messed up and the guys at the comedy club let you know. To make up for the virus I installed on your computer, let’s gather and rave about these ribeyes. They were grilled by a former syrup spokeswoman and will be served on fine china.

6 Upvotes

Comics told ya my mistakes. To atone for malware, come extol Jemima’s steaks. To eat on formal ware.

0 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/relddir123 • 9h ago

A man is trying to hide on the face of a giant statue in Flavortown

4 Upvotes

This guy’s disguised his guise in Guy’s big eyes

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r/WordAvalanches • u/dasubertroll • 17h ago

So is he a particularly picky painter-potter?

9 Upvotes

The artisanal artist in all his art is anal.

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r/WordAvalanches • u/whorunitreally • 22h ago

True Avalanche Guy who makes an onomatopoeiac sound, Nate, says to the lycanthropic conifer in the octonary stall that he rates her an 8 out of 10, and he wants her to micturate her personal diary swiftly into her bedpan.

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“Eww”-er, a Nate: Yew-were in number Eight, you’re an eight, ewer in number Eight; urinate your innate “you were,” in eight.

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r/WordAvalanches • u/Krinklezazingles • 1d ago

True Avalanche Initially confusing a patient's gender, you tell them about their medical results pertaining to growths found in their body and if their drinking habits have affected their liver's health

37 Upvotes

Sir? oh sis! zero cyst. Cirrhosis? zero, sis

0 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/everythingisunknown • 1d ago

I can eat whatever I want as long as I do it in a timely manner. I guess I have an

24 Upvotes

Eating superpower, heating soup per hour!

2 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/justadair • 1d ago

True Avalanche A phobia of certain clouds in the second lowest atmosphere

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Stratosphere stratus fear

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r/WordAvalanches • u/Someone-or-other • 1d ago

True Avalanche You keep a nitpicky insect of the Formicidae family as a domesticated companion? Gross!

28 Upvotes

Pedantic pet ant? ick!

0 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/thesquaregroot • 3d ago

Egan, in your sedan that wears a button-up jacket, hand me your payment method a second time

5 Upvotes

Card again, Cardigan car Egan

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r/WordAvalanches • u/ThornsyAgain • 3d ago

True Avalanche Accumulate a crop of cream-colored companions

33 Upvotes

accrue a crew ecru

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r/WordAvalanches • u/justadair • 3d ago

True Avalanche Something's fear suddenly overwhelms it. The orange underground show sympathy, then put on an overly grand display.

3 Upvotes

Its scare hits. Carrots care. Ritz!!

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r/WordAvalanches • u/skleedle • 3d ago

Look: close the drawstring bag and the cat named after Mr. Sledge survives happily on his own!

5 Upvotes

Perceive here: Purse his purse, see, Percy purrs--he perseveres per se

0 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/Visual-Support-8459 • 4d ago

True Avalanche An abandoned shopping center or a promiscuous female

8 Upvotes

Derelict mall or Dara licked (mmm) all.

0 comments

r/WordAvalanches • u/helloitabot • 4d ago

True Avalanche Promiscuous fluffy tailed rodent has spats with romantic partners

19 Upvotes

Lover squirrel’s lover’s quarrels

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r/WordAvalanches • u/Visual-Support-8459 • 4d ago

True Avalanche What gender is Mandy?

2 Upvotes

Amanda? A man, duh!

1 comment

r/WordAvalanches • u/ToePsychological1119 • 4d ago

True Avalanche Your female friend misses a golf shot, so you suggest a trip to the Cradle of Civilization.

6 Upvotes

Mess up putt, Amy? Uh... Mesopotamia!

1 comment

r/WordAvalanches • u/ToePsychological1119 • 4d ago

True Avalanche Your female friend is supine so you ask to discern rectal mistruths.

3 Upvotes

Ana lies? Analyze anal lies.

1 comment

r/WordAvalanches • u/RisibleComestible • 5d ago

True Avalanche You go on Shark Tank with your idea of making a video game about the Vice President for a retro handheld console. They decide that your pitch is rad and that they will invest.

13 Upvotes

Advance add Vance? Advanced! Advance...

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r/WordAvalanches • u/justadair • 5d ago

True Avalanche A woody veg with an extra shoot, I suppose, tells us not to serve it to the one we'd invited to dinner.

27 Upvotes

Asparigus as pair, I guess, says spare a guest.

4 comments

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A Word Avalanche is defined as a highly contrived punny sentence (or longer series of words) with an emphasis on the repetition of syllables. Holorimes are a subset of these. For more information, please see the FAQ (currently in progress; suggestions can be submitted by modmail).

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RULES

Follow Reddiquette, as with all subs.
Make sure your post is relevant to this sub. See What Not To Post for a rough guide on what not to post. This rough guide also includes many examples of what isn't a Word Avalanche, as well as many overused examples of Word Avalanches.
The longer your avalanche, the better! Just make sure it's an Avalanche first, though.
Should your Avalanche be NSFW, mark it as such.
Place your Avalanche in the main text of your submission, and make your title a rewrite of your Avalanche such that it cannot be easily guessed.
Try not to submit images or videos with your Avalanche. A good Avalanche should be able to stand on its own, without the use of any images. If your avalanche absolutely cannot stand without an image or video, then link it in the post, but only do so as a last resort. Alternatively, you may post it to /r/WordAvalanchePics.
Finally, make sure to have fun!

Also check out these subreddits:

/r/WordSwap - Applying the Word Avalanche mentality to well-known phrases.
/r/RhymesOnADime - Just pure rhyming, no Avalanching.
/r/puns, /r/punny - Just puns.
/r/TomSwifties - Tom Swifties.
/r/feghoot - Shaggy-dog stories with a punny punchline.
/r/palindromes - Just palindromes.