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Is there a term for the act of changing the spelling of a word, to force it to rhyme with another?

Asked by ragingloli (51967points) August 4th, 2021
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For example, changing the word “dromedary” to “dromedara”, to make it rhyme with “Sahara”.

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JLoon's avatar

Oh loli! It’s prolly…Neoligism.

kritiper's avatar

Poetic license.

filmfann's avatar

Cheating.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Literary indoctrination?

Brian1946's avatar

Illiterate iteration. ;-)

kneesox's avatar

Although in a humorous English verse, it would probably be dromedary/Saharry.

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Zaku's avatar

Gelling misspelling.

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