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05 Nov 09 - 06:14 PM (#2760439) Subject: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Joe_F To be sung TTTO Non più andrai in Mozart's Figaro: Long and short, Rough and smooth, Nice and nasty, High and low, Loud and soft, Drunk and sober, Hot and cold, Warm and cool, Smart and stupid, Thick and thin, Light and dark, Large and small, Wet and dry, Bright and dim, Neat and messy, Rich and poor, Young and old, Near and far. Hard and soft, Tall and short, Sad and happy, Fast and slow, Good and bad, Deep and shallow, Cheap and dear, Weak and strong, Wise and foolish, Sharp and dull, Fat and lean, Fresh and stale, Old and new, Fair and foul, Big and little, Rich and lean, Harsh and mild, Coarse and fine. Great and small, Limp and stiff, Tough and tender, Well and ill, Soon and late, Clean and dirty, Tight and loose, Taut and slack, Hard and easy, Broad and strait, Sweet and dry,... I have run out of monosyllabic antonym pairs. Perhaps you can help me at least get thru the third stanza. 1+2-syllable pairs are plentiful: Light and heavy, Wide and narrow, Glad and sorry, Straight and crooked, Calm and windy, Rare and common, Slick and sticky, Fair and cloudy, Sick and healthy, Late and early, Kind and cruel, Crisp and soggy, Safe and risky, Bald and hairy, I should point out that I am interested in adjectives that refer to directions on a scale -- not ones (such as live and dead) that purport to name the interior & exterior of a set. |
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05 Nov 09 - 06:42 PM (#2760459) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Ebbie .Joe_F, I once wrote a song I call 'Sun and Rain' that may contain usable opposites. Among the pairs: Pleasure and Pain Friend and Foe Laugheter and Tears Hopes and Fears Joy and Grief Raputure and Woe Giggles and Sighs Hellos and Goodbyes Promises Broken, Words left Unspoken Loves and Hates Births and Fates Supernal and Infernal |
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06 Nov 09 - 08:11 AM (#2760767) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Tug the Cox 'Up and Down' In and Out' #wet and dry' right and left, black and white Rum and shrub! |
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06 Nov 09 - 11:37 AM (#2760893) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Genie Aren't you looking for only adjectives? How about: bright and dull (or dumb) quick and dead or, in the idiom of kids today: cool and lame rude and nice (or naughty and nice) spry or stiff fair or foul meek or brave (meek or forward) |
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06 Nov 09 - 12:37 PM (#2760940) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Newport Boy Rum and shrub! There's an old man - when did you last drink rum and shrub? Phil |
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06 Nov 09 - 02:13 PM (#2761025) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: GUEST,jts Republican and reality based? |
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06 Nov 09 - 02:53 PM (#2761052) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Tug the Cox Juat after a glass of Brandy and Lovage. |
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06 Nov 09 - 03:57 PM (#2761086) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: McGrath of Harlow Me and you Him and her Off and on Ooh and Aah Back and forth Here and there Yes and No |
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06 Nov 09 - 05:02 PM (#2761126) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Newport Boy Juat after a glass of Brandy and Lovage. A man after my father's heart!! Phil |
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06 Nov 09 - 05:05 PM (#2761128) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Ed T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Y428hauA4 |
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06 Nov 09 - 05:05 PM (#2761130) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Alice The thread title made me think you wanted adjectives about caribou and igloos and aurora borealis!! ;-) |
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06 Nov 09 - 06:37 PM (#2761193) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Joe_F Alas, all the preceding suggestions either fail to meet the specification (polar adjectives) or are already in the song. ("Dim" is a better opposite to "bright" than either "dull" or "dum".) I'm afraid I may have got them all. |
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06 Nov 09 - 06:42 PM (#2761198) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Rapparee There are several two syllable words in the first list: tender, for example. |
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06 Nov 09 - 08:00 PM (#2761230) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Slag Democrat and sane. Republican and sane. Political and sane. Polar? or dualistic? Very little we know does not have an opposite. Obverse reverse Slick and rough good enough Combine them and you're into oxymorons, mulish morons, bullish morons... Polar? Spectrums all along the same element but at opposite ends and all at once, like: Sweet and sour Joy and sorrow Laugh 'til you cry Pleasure and pain a generous thief a tight philanthropist Killing me softly, perhaps with the kiss of death. Infinitely finite. Frozen flames. The red hot vacuum of space A neat pig A filled hole On and on we go |
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07 Nov 09 - 04:37 AM (#2761365) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Newport Boy Just dawned on me that the obvious polar adjectives are north & south! Phil |
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07 Nov 09 - 09:31 AM (#2761488) Subject: RE: BS: Polar adjectives wanted for silly song From: Genie pale and deep (or dark) lewd and prude (prudish) nude and clad Straight and bent (or straight and gay) |