What do you get when you dip your little finger into a bottle of writing fluid? An inky pinky.
Looking for an entertaining way to sharpen both your ear for rhyme and your skill in defining words? Try the Inky Pinky game.
In Inky Pinky, the first player offers a concise, clear definition, and the second player must translate that definition into two words that rhyme. The first player must also indicate the number of syllables in each word by saying “Ink Pink” for one-syllable words, “Inky Pinky” for two-syllable words, and so on.
To warm up for the challenge, consider the following examples:
Definition: an uncontrollable youngster. Ink Pink. Answer: a wild child.
Definition: a dumb little boy with a bow and arrow. Inky Pinky. Answer: a stupid cupid.
Definition: a yearly handbook. Inkity Pinkityy. Answer: an annual manual.
Now that the chalk talk is over, translate the following lists of definitions into rhyming pairs, using the headings as clues to the number of syllables in each word. For more fun, create your own definitions and challenge your family and friends to discover the rhymed answers:
Ink Pink
| 1. inexpensive land vehicle | 11. crazy flatboat |
| 2. short poetry | 12. intelligent pointed missile |
| 3. strange facial hair | 13. bad smell in a ditch |
| 4. meat robber | 14. bad-tempered monarch |
| 5. large dried fruit | 15. extremely loyal |
| 6. contemptible sign of happiness | 16. porcine toupee |
| 7. crack in a safe | 17. stupid finger |
| 8. dock for shorties | 18. wheat-carrying vehicle |
| 9. pale long-necked bird | 19. grass strength |
| 10. shining armor-wearer | 20. inebriated animal |
Inky Pinky
| 21. comical hare | 36. careful pupil |
| 22. vegetable for talking bird | 37. adroit finger-protector |
| 23. unreliable dill | 38. sacred net minder |
| 24. even demon | 39. happy boat |
| 25. fishy operating doctor | 40. doorway for guards |
| 26. cross cat | 41. mob’s chatter |
| 27. gruesome tale | 42. threat on the court |
| 28. horrible couple | 43. light sprite |
| 29. thin shaft | 44. web-spinner’s drink |
| 30. elementary skin eruption | 45. nuptial land vehicle |
| 31. indolent flower | 46. superior woolen garment |
| 32. strange stogie | 47. simian textile trim |
| 33. drunk fortune teller | 48. thrifty horn |
| 34. hairy alien’s Oreo | 49. herder of spotted cats |
| 35. basement resident | 50. untippable piece of furniture |
Inkity Pinkity
| 51. ominous clergyman | 59. display of sweets |
| 52. frozen bike | 60. horned animal’s melon |
| 53. tantrum thrown by Cleopatra | 61. how to save the environment |
| 54. pasta torn into little pieces | 62. dead man’s talk |
| 55. mundane pattern of tiles | 63. elastic bushes |
| 56. cetacean’s soundness of mind | 64. software antagonist |
| 57. conference about a head injury | 65. Hebrew walking stick |
| 58. pessimistic mountain top |
Answers
Ink Pink: 1. cheap jeep 2. terse verse 3. weird beard 4. beef thief 5. big fig 6. vile smile 7. vault fault 8. dwarf wharf 9. wan swan 10. bright knight 11. daft raft 12. smart dart 13. trench stench 14. mean queen 15. true blue 16. pig wig 17. dumb thumb 18. grain train 19. lawn brawn 20. drunk skunk
Inky Pinky: 21. funny bunny 22. parrot carrot 23. fickle pickle 24. level devil 25. sturgeon surgeon 26. crabby tabby 27. gory story 28. gruesome twosome 29. narrow arrow 30. simple pimple 31. lazy daisy 32. bizarre cigar 33. tipsy gypsy 34. Wookiee cookie 35. cellar dweller 36. prudent student 37. nimble thimble 38. holy goalie 39. merry ferry 40. sentry entry 41. rabble babble 42. tennis menace 43. airy fairy 44. spider cider 45. marriage carriage 46. better sweater 47. gibbon ribbon 48. frugal bugle 49. leopard shepherd 50. stable table
Inkity Pinkity: 51. sinister minister 52. icicle bicycle 53. Egyptian conniption 54. spaghetti confetti 55. prosaic mosaic 56. manatee sanity 57. concussion discussion 58. cynical pinnacle 59. confection collection 60. antelope cantaloupe 61. pollution solution 62. cadaver palaver 63. rubbery shrubbery 64. computer disputer 65. Israeli shillelagh