Comparative homophonic trios."Trios" are thoughts expressed by three related words. They may be phrases, sentences, conversations, miniature poems ("triodes"), three pieces of a single word, etc. The three words may be related in any number of ways--homophones, anagrams an·a·gram n. 1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain. 2. anagrams (used with a sing. , word ladders, other logological relations, rhyme rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans. , alliteration alliteration (əlĭt'ərā`shən), the repetition of the same starting sound in several words of a sentence. Probably the most powerful rhythmic and thematic uses of alliteration are contained in Beowulf, , repetition REPETITION, construction of wills. A repetition takes place when the same testator, by the same testamentary instrument, gives to the same legatee legacies of equal amount and of the same kind; in such case the latter is considered a repetition of the former, and the legatee is entitled . Here's a special type, in the irreverant style of gross grocer grossest. You'll you'll Contraction of you will. you'll you will or you shall you'll will quickly see what I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in up to. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have artificial, sure, but it created the scaffolding for some trios I thought you might enjoy.
anner armerer armerest armer-armorer armrest arms support for the
armchair warrior's "seat of power"
be beer beest BE BEER BEAST! boozer's T-shirt
boot booter bootest Booed booter, Buddhist. The Dalai Lama
didn't like being driven out of Tibet.
dissenter dissenterer Dissenter? Dis-enterer. (Disinterest.)
dissenterest S/He protests simply by not playing their
unappealing game.
dive diver divest Dive-diver, divest! Rid yourself of that
pub-crawling habit.
enter enterer enterest Enter interrer interest. The undertaker
perks up upon hearing you may be dying.
err errer errest ERR-AIRER ARREST (headline) They're muzzling
or punishing the whistleblower.
folk folker folkest folk foe-cur focussed' people obsessed with
partisanship, ethnic hate or enemy fear
haw hawer hawest haw-hawer hoist the high from a good guffaw
ink inker inkest ink incurring cast the script of a play
loo looer looest Leo lure loosed. diarrhea
mole moler molest Mole molar molest. Be a pain in the tooth
to an underground figure.
pose poser posest Poe's poser possessed totally absorbed by a
desire to communicate with ravens
umpteen umpteener umpteen-hump teener Humpty nest
umpteenest the precarious state of a sexually
overactive adolescent (egg?)
way wayer wayest Way-weigher? Waste! Throw caution to the
wind. It wastes time and opportunity.
Waste away instead, as in this
parallel-o-gram:
weigh weigher weighest Weigh-Wayer waist "Get the midriff you
always wanted at Dr. Duck's Anorexia
Clinic!"
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