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A subverted rhyme, teasing rhyme or mind rhyme is the suggestion of a rhyme which is left unsaid and must be inferred by the listener. A rhyme may be subverted either by stopping short, or by replacing the expected word with another (which may have the same rhyme or not). Teasing rhyme is a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately. An example, in the context of cheerleading: Raa Raa REE!Kick 'em in the knee!Raa Raa RASS!Kick 'em in the other knee!

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  • A subverted rhyme, teasing rhyme or mind rhyme is the suggestion of a rhyme which is left unsaid and must be inferred by the listener. A rhyme may be subverted either by stopping short, or by replacing the expected word with another (which may have the same rhyme or not). Teasing rhyme is a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately. An example, in the context of cheerleading: Raa Raa REE!Kick 'em in the knee!Raa Raa RASS!Kick 'em in the other knee! where the presumption is that the listener anticipates the chant ending with "ass" rather than "other knee". Subverted rhyme is often a form of word play. The implied rhyme is inferable only from the context. This contrasts with rhyming slang from which the rhyming portion has been clipped, which is part of the lexicon. (An example is dogs, meaning "feet", a clipping of rhyming dog's meat.) (en)
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  • A subverted rhyme, teasing rhyme or mind rhyme is the suggestion of a rhyme which is left unsaid and must be inferred by the listener. A rhyme may be subverted either by stopping short, or by replacing the expected word with another (which may have the same rhyme or not). Teasing rhyme is a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately. An example, in the context of cheerleading: Raa Raa REE!Kick 'em in the knee!Raa Raa RASS!Kick 'em in the other knee! (en)
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  • Subverted rhyme (en)
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