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

[Dennis R. Preston]

So you're the guy who goes around saying "When
Buttafucco pulled out his garbanzo a brouhaha
ensued."

I knew we'd find out who you were.

dInIs



>A colleague asks:
>
>>  Is there a word that means ìa word, or combination of words, that is fun to
>>  sayî or something similar?  Iím after words or word combos that are fun to
>>  say, but arenít necessarily onomonopoetic.  Like ìbuttafuccoî or ìgarbanzoî
>>  and ìbrouhaha.î
>
>I'm stumped. Does such a word exist, or should
>it be added to the queue of neologisms we need?
>
>  -- James
>
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-4736
preston at msu.edu

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