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I always believed that there were none, but on a rewatch of QI, I learned there are actually two:

  • Hurple / hirple: To limp (verb) or a limping gait (noun)
  • Curple: A strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward.

YouTube: QI | What Rhymes With Purple?

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[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Please use nurple in a sentence.

[–] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She gave me a purple nurple.

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Please use nurple in a sentence.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Good morning, that's a nurple tnetennba.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

You mean to tell me you've never slurpled a nurple?

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

I love burple nurples

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I can finally finish my limerick!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 102 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

A horse that was wearing a curple,
Found the sting of a wasp made him hirple,
Said the horse, "I don't mind"
"But I'm starting to find,"
"That the spot of the sting has turned purple!"

[–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I regret that I have but one upvote to give.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'll treasure it always :-)

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Take my upvote

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been at it so long that my head’s thick,

[–] Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately some of these words don't quite click.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can *fin'ly fin-ish my *lim'rick

I've been at it so long *~~that~~ my head's thick

My lines rhyme with no hirple

But unlike links that are purple

*Sadly some of these words don't quite click.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

...guess the song's over, then.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

And a "chilver" is a female lamb

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If you're interested in words, Something Rhymes with Purple is a podcast with Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth.

Whenever Gyles is on Qi, about half the episode is him going off on an anecdote.

Edit: Fixed spelling

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Whenever Giles is on Qi, about half the episode is him going off on an anecdote.

I think it's Brandreth? Not gonna lie, those are some of the best ones. You never know if what he's saying is 100% true because he was there or 100% out of his ass. Either way, you leave entertained.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I will go back and rewatch his episodes just to hear the fun Grandpa stories!

(Also, fixed the spelling, I got that all kindsa wrong)

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just googled him. lol. I had the last name right, but his first name is spelled with a 'y'.

[–] danh2os@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Is that not the gentleman named Urple? The humorous fellow with glasses, who likes cheese?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nurple. As in

"C'mere twerp! I'm about to give you the worst purple nurple of yer life!"

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 9 months ago

Sorry, Alan.

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Nope. But I think I might have had that on my pancakes yesterday

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like blurple: a mix of blue and purple.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, it's not a real word although it absolutely should be. There are car paint colors that I can only accurately describe as "blurple" lol.

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

"Real" words aren't a thing.

Dictionaries describe natural language, they don't define it.

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes I knew it's not real. But I like to think it is. I would like a car with blurple racing stripes!

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 4 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

QI | What Rhymes With Purple?

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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

QI is a great show, but what happened to Stephen Frye? I see an old Dutch woman lately and wondering why they swapped him out?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

He left at the end of the 13th season. Not entirely sure why: whether he was getting bored with it or wanted to move on, but I do recall he had some health problems around that time. Possibly a combination.

Sandi Toksvig, the current host, is Danish (she's not subtle about that at all. lol). She was a guest several times when Fry was hosting and took over after his departure. She's lived a, pardon the pun, quite interesting life, so she brings as much to the table as Stephen did.

I think she's doing a great job. It took about half of her first season for her to really hit her stride, but she's definitely in the right chair.

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 9 months ago

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not subtle about that at all

she's definitely in the right chair

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