mingle, verb
1. to become mixed, blended, or united.
Ok, college guys: enough with the t-shirts that read "Single...wanna mingle?" Nobody ever uses the word 'mingle', spoken or written, except for the sole purpose and instance of rhyming it with 'single'. It's right up there in the pantheon of generic and nerve-gratingly overused rhyme schemes such as the "love / dove / above" and "life / wife / strife" bonbons that country and pop music lyricists can't seem to get enough of.
IT'S NOT CLEVER.
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I have no idea why this should bother me so much, but it just makes me want to scream.
"Oh God, another 'single/mingle' shirt!!"
posted by Grover at 10/01/2006 05:02:00 PM
2 Comments:
I tickle me. :-)
Oh, and let's not forget the "lips / fingertips" duo. Please... how many times a month do you use the word 'fingertips' in casual conversation? Probably never, unless you're singing along to a song that's rhymed it with 'lips'.
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