What’s the best word for “play”?
In this video, at
1:10, the person goes on rapping in each line but pauses before the end of the last word and, being humans, we predict the next word (due to the hint by the rhyme) that he is going to say. What is the word play?
…and the beat still knocks when I sort my socks
I’m five foot eleven of sex
from the tip of my head to my gorgeous…
knees
Not the best example I could find but I think it sums up my point quite well.
One very hot day in the summer last year
A young man was seen swimming round Brighton Pier,
he dived underneath it and swam to a rock
And amused all the ladies by shaking his Fist
at a copper who stood on the shore.How could you order a man to be kicked out?
What is the popular tease song?
In the “tease song,” also known on the renaissance faire circuit as “clean songs,” the meter and rhyme-scheme convince you that you’re about to hear something dirty…but then you don’t.
The Clean Song by Oscar Brand is probably the most famous example that I know of. Where, if there was
a sea captain looking through a glass, he spied a fair mermaid with scales on an island. Where are they? Where do seagulls fly over their nest? She combbed the hair which hung over her shoulders. Her eyes itch when she plays in her bed. The sailor cried out "There's a beautiful mermaid." I
want to come up with a solution.
What is the popular tease song?
In the “tease song,” also known on the renaissance faire circuit as “clean songs,” the meter and rhyme-scheme convince you that you’re about to hear something dirty…but then you don’t.
The Clean Song by Oscar Brand is probably the most famous example that I know of. Where, if there was
a sea captain looking through a glass, he spied a fair mermaid with scales on an island. Where are they? Where do seagulls fly over their nest? She combbed the hair which hung over her shoulders. Her eyes itch when she plays in her bed. The sailor cried out "There's a beautiful mermaid." I
want to come up with a solution.
One very hot day in the summer last year
A young man was seen swimming round Brighton Pier,
he dived underneath it and swam to a rock
And amused all the ladies by shaking his Fist
at a copper who stood on the shore.How could you order a man to be kicked out?
One very hot day in the summer last year
A young man was seen swimming round Brighton Pier,
he dived underneath it and swam to a rock
And amused all the ladies by shaking his Fist
at a copper who stood on the shore.How could you order a man to be kicked out?
One very hot day in the summer last year
A young man was seen swimming round Brighton Pier,
he dived underneath it and swam to a rock
And amused all the ladies by shaking his Fist
at a copper who stood on the shore.How could you order a man to be kicked out?
One very hot day in the summer last year
A young man was seen swimming round Brighton Pier,
he dived underneath it and swam to a rock
And amused all the ladies by shaking his Fist
at a copper who stood on the shore.How could you order a man to be kicked out?
