MAD

noun
Early Childhood
1

Initialism of mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction.

2

Initialism of magnetic anomaly detector.

3

Initialism of mothers against decapentaplegic.

4

Acronym of magnetically-arrested disc, a type of black hole accretion disc).

5

Initialism of mandibular advancement device.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

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Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

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Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

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Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing

domltdmuddimemadamademodidummydemanddomino

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