So this morning my son asked me* if there's a word for when one word ends with the same sound as the next word starts with. 'Suvian naughtiness', 'slash shipping', 'crossover rubbish', etc.

(*Technically the conversation started with a loud 'HMM... I want to invent a word for THAT...')

I, of course, insisted that there had to be, because that's exactly the sort of thing English has a word for. But a bit of Googling didn't turn anything up. It's not a rhyme; it's not alliteration; it's not really assonance. Google proposes haplology, which is a new word for me, but it turns out to mean the phenomenon of merging similar syllables into one (as in prob'ly, Febru'ry).

But... I mean, there must be a word for it, right? So I decided to come here, to the wordiest place I know, and ask for help. ^_^

hS