A word for a word that's fun to say?
RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Thu Apr 6 01:16:15 UTC 2006
But no one has cojme up with a wortd FOR such logoludica!
In a message dated 4/5/06 2:40:13 PM, preston at MSU.EDU writes:
> 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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> 517-353-4736
> preston at msu.edu
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