In any language, any one of us has certain words or phrases they like to say.
For me, in English, that includes “bedazzled” and “thingamagick” among others.
Howrver, is there some kind of overarching expression for these words? I can’t think of anything in English or my native German, and a quick Internet search didn’t find anything.
I can’t find a suitable word in English, but I’m shocked and dismayed that German doesn’t have anything we could steal.
No problem. Just make one up!
Sprechspaßwort = speak fun word
Alternatively Sprachspaßwort, meaning language fun word.
I think I like the latter.
This is the real value of agglutinative languages. We sort of try it in English but it doesn’t always work. I don’t speak German, but I recognize the word roots.
Sprachspaßwort sounds like something straight out of a law or industry standard which I guess that makes it heterological.
We could always make one up. Zungenfreude, tongue joy.
Der Spruch „Vielseitig” hat mir immer Zungenfreude bereitet.
Saying “versatile” always gave me tongue-joy.
Edit: it’s pronounced “tsoong-en-froy-duh”
Spaßredewort.
euphone
I love that, will use it. Thanks!
They’ve also been called “cellar doors”, as when Tolkein said “in Welsh, for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent”
Feel like this is an indirect reference to Donnie Darko.
This is your brain on pop culture.
Tolkien was known to be a big Donnie Darko fan.
Definitely ‘Euphonic’ meaning ‘sounds good’.
I love the word ‘kerfuffle’.
Can’t think of a word, but want to add ‘automagically’ to that list.
I can’t think of any.
But I’m a bit sad that the French-originating Bonmot is already taken in German (meaning a witty one-liner). It would have been a nice allusion to Bonbon (candy), like words that taste nice.
I don’t speak Spanish but I love the word “El sacapuntas” which sounds like a bad word but means pencil sharpener.
If earworms are things that you hear that get stuck in your head, perhaps this could be “mouthworms”. Sounds delightful I hate it.
“Intercourse!”
A perfectly woody sort of word!
Thank God somebody got it.
Thither
It’s just so fun to say.
Serendipity
Wouldn’t it be a catch phrase?
Shabushabu
Joycabulary.
Lickspit
