A word for a word that's fun to say?

[Roger Shuy]

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> A colleague asks:
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>> Is there a word that means „a word, or combination of words, that is fun to
>> say‰ or something similar?  I‚m after words or word combos that are fun to
>> say, but aren‚t necessarily onomonopoetic.  Like „buttafucco‰ or „garbanzo‰
>> and „brouhaha.‰
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> I'm stumped. Does such a word exist, or should it be added to the queue of
> neologisms we need?
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>  -- James
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I always enjoy saying "specificity," maybe because I sometimes tangle it up.
Roger

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