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mwbseiso
27th September 2007, 08:26 PM
I just bought ORONYMS.COM. Any ideas of value?

Oronyms (or homophones) are words which sound the same. Generally the word homophone is used to describe one of a pair or group of words that have the same sound (like prince and prints; allowed and aloud), whilst oronyms are normally strings of words (phrases) such as iced ink and I stink.

Here are some more examples:

ICQ
I seek you

The good can decay many ways
The good candy came anyways

The stuffy nose can lead to problems
The stuff he knows can lead to problems


Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronym
http://www.fun-with-words.com/nym_oronyms.html

blastfromthepast
27th September 2007, 08:44 PM
First I have heard of this, and I enjoy reading dictionaries. But, you may do well with a specialized site about this, if you have the passion to develop it.

mwbseiso
27th September 2007, 08:53 PM
That's actually what I was thinking of doing: create a site that defines oronyms and then lists classic examples. Perhaps even allowing users to make submissions and rate words, or tag them by theme............................ and then sell it to dictionary.com :)

At any rate, blast, thank you for your feedback. :)

jose
27th September 2007, 09:02 PM
Where have I seen a list of dictionary words dot .com available domains with OVT?! I guess it was here (http://www.blackhatdomainer.com/free-dot-coms-english-words-with-overture/).

blastfromthepast
27th September 2007, 09:04 PM
Take a look at http://urbandictionary.com/ for an example of how such a site can work.