From the pen of Ann Arbor’s best, I Didn’t have My Glasses On, comes news of interest to lovers of the colour purple who wish to write a poem about it
– great news –
there are now
officially
two words
that rhyme with purple.
hirple, meaning “to limp” or “walk awkwardly,”
and
curple, an old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse.
now about orange……
—
credits: google images, mental floss magazine
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