A less common form of word reduplication occurs when the first syllable of a word or phrase is followed by a rhyming or repeating syllable, and a third rhyme, repetition, or other. A simple example is the phrase "slap happy". Here is a list of some words and phrases that use this pattern.
Syllable, Repeat1, Other:
alfalfa
Ararat (the mountain where the Ark came to rest)
assassin (a purposeful killer)
Barbara (a first name)
Barbary
coconut
cocozelle
Hetch Hetchy (a glacial valley east of San Francisco)
Hohokus (a town in New Jersey)
Inini
jojobe (a small tree with oil-bearing seeds)
jujube (a kind of jellied candy)
kakapo (a flightless New Zealand parrot)
Marmara
ononis (a genus of European herbs related to clover)
Qiqihar (a town in China)
reredos (an ornamental screen)
seseli (a genus of plants that includes the delightful moon carrot
and stone parsley)
siksika
Tartarus (the Greek afterworld)
tatami (a Japanese mat)
titivate (to dress up)
Syllable, Rhyme1, Other:
ass master (an idiot or jerk)
backracket (a sharp response or retort - originally a tennis term)
bandana
[to] bumflummox (to confound)
bum plumber (a male homosexual)
cake taker (a carrying dish for a cake)
cell yeller (a rude loud user of a cell phone in a public place)
clamjamfry (a disorderly mob)
clap happy (of religious services with lots of clapping
and sing-alongs)
cock jockey (an amorous man)
cock knocker (an unpleasant person)
cold shoulder (a frosty reception)
compromise
cormorant
corporate
crab apple ([imperfect rhyme] - a tree with fruit similar
to small apples)
crack snacker (a lesbian)
crank yanker (a masturbator)
crepe paper
crust buster (a baby just learning to eat solid food)
cuffuffle (kerfuffle, a mess)
dick licker (a homosexual)
dust buster (a small portable vacuum cleaner)
fandangle (any kind of fussy ornamentation)
fandango (a lively and dramatic dance)
flak jacket (a protective jacket)
flat hatter (a hot shot pilot who likes to fly very low)
fly by night (disreputable; unreliable)
four horsemen (four close teammates)
fun runner (someone who, having no chance or desire to win
a semi-competitive race, dresses up in a silly costume or
performs some stunt, while running)
gas passer (a joking reference to an anesthetis;
a refueling plane)
[the] Gray Lady (a nickname for the New York Times)
green beanie (a Green Beret)
green weenie (anything bad or distasteful)
grit spitter (a Southerner)
ground pounder (an infantryman)
gunrunner (a gun smuggler)
hair fairy (an effeminate man with long hair)
Hamtramck (pronounced "Ham-tram-ick")
hand shandy (masturbation; a hand job)
Harare (the capital of Zimbabwe)
hillbilly (poor traditional mountain shack dwellers)
hip flipper (an oriental dancer)
hob goblin (a being of magic, fantasy and legend, usually having
selfish or evil intent)
Hoboken (New Jersey town)
hockdockies (shoes)
hog-dogging (to hunt wild pigs with dogs)
insincere (hypocritical)
knock hockey (a style of basketball playing that relies on
bank shots; an indoor version of hockey played with sticks and a golf ball)
manganese (a metal)
[to] manhandle (to treat roughly)
meat eater (a carnivore)
muck sucker (one who acts in a disgusting manner)
mundungus (tobacco that burns with a foul odor)
nimgimmer (a doctor, especially one dealing with venereal disease)
naysayer (one who unthinkingly refuses)
nut cutlet (a disparaging reference to vegetarian cuisine)
nut cutter (a person or thing that is dangerous or difficult)
odd's bodkins (an exclamation of surprise or wonderment)
pandanny (a palm-like tree of Tasmania)
pandanus (a spice from Micronesia)
pangwangle (to go on cheerfully despite setbacks)
pan handle (the long thin parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Florida)
panjandrum (a pompous dignitary)
pig ignorant (very stupid; willfully stupid)
plug ugly (very ugly)
pug ugly (most grievously ugly)
ram-sammy (a raucous family argument; a Hindu)
ringdinger (a humdinger; a remarkable case)
rumbumtious (obstreperous)
rumgumption (knowledge; ability)
rumtumbooks (the ringtail roarer)
schmegegge (an idiot)
shagwagon (a car much used for intercourse)
shop dropper (one who delivers goods to retailers)
slap happy (senselessly silly from exhaustion or punishment)
[to] slap pappy (to masturbate)
slick licker (a machine for removing oil slicks from water)
Sopchoppy (a town in Florida)
stick picker (a man employed to pick up the remnants after
brush clearance)
stump jumper (a farmer)
swoon unit (a very attractive person)
trust buster (a person who prosecutes monopolies)
tub drubber (an emphatic preacher)
Valhalla (home of the Norse gods)
weed eater (a lawn trimmer)
whiff sniffer (a prohibitionist)
Syllable, Rhyme1, Repeat2:
banana
Syllable, Rhyme1, Repeat1:
Bonobo (a chimpanzee that tells anthropologists a lot
about themselves)
kanaka (a person from a South Sea island)
katuka (a poisonous snake of southeast Asia)
lobolo (a Bantu bride price)
Syllable, Rhyme1, distinct Rhyme1
bikini
cabana
casaba
Kokomo
lokono - (an Arawakan language)
Panama - (a central American country)
Oromo
Orono
Syllable, Repeat1, Repeat1:
aiaiai
Syllable, Rhyme, Syllable, Syllable:
pig ignorant
stop, drop and roll - (the motto when your clothes are burning)
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