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If you live in a city with the suffix "ville" (meaning "city") you're ripe for a very funny, very original thing where you replace the prefix with a rhyming word that evokes something else. For example, the Sharks opponent in the second round is the Nashville Predators, and some people call them "Smashville" due to their tough, big-boy defense or something. Even the national broadcasters use this term! "Smashville". I used an online rhyming dictionary, and it turns out that you can make a lot of other somethingville names that sound a little like "Nashville."
Ashville
Bashville
Brashville
Cacheville
Cashville
Clashville
Crashville
Dashville
Flashville
Gashville
Gnashville
Hashville
Lashville
Mashville
Rashville
Sashville
Slashville
Splashville
Stashville
Thrashville
Trashville
But then it occurred to me that nobody does the same thing for "San Jose". So here's some suggestions for fans and broadcasters to use about the Sharks:
Ban Jose
Can Jose
Cannes Jose
Clan Jose
Dan Jose
Fan Jose
Flan Jose
Jan Jose
Klan Jose
Man Jose
Pan Jose
Plan Jose
Quran Jose
Ran Jose
Scan Jose
Span Jose
Stan Jose
Tan Jose
Van Jose
You're welcome, NBCSN.
Sharks @ Predators
6:00 PM Pacific
Prediction: Gnashville tries to take a bite out of the Sharks, while the Sharks stick to the Plan Jose.
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