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{{quote|''"GORN!"''<br />
''"What's "gorn", dear?"''<br />
''"[[Hilarious in Hindsight|Nothing]], nothing. Just like the word, it gives me confidence. GORN! [[Gorn]]!!!"''|'''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'''}}
 
Similar to [[Always Wanted to Say That]] and often related to [[Inherently Funny Words]], this is when someone admits the only reason they said, or keep saying, a certain word or phrase is that it's fun to say. This is often followed by them saying it again, sometimes several times in a row.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[K-On!]]'', when Tsumugi gets to direct the class production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', she keeps saying "Cut!" and making tweaks. Ritsu guesses correctly that she's just saying it because she enjoys it.
 
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Kill Bill (Film)|Kill Bill]]'' vol. 2, Elle Driver says she has this affinity for the word "gargantuan", though she only uses it once in the film.
* ''[[Mad Monster Party (Animation)|Mad Monster Party]]''. Baron von Frankenstein loves saying "antipasto".
* In ''[[Talladega Nights: theThe Ballad of Ricky Bobby]]'', Ricky can't stop describing "little baby Jesus" in increasingly [[Squick|Squicky]] terms whenever he prays, even when his own family protests. His response is to insist that he just prefers to think of Jesus that way.
* In ''[[¡Three Amigos! (Film)|Three Amigos]]'', El Guapo has a particular fondness for the word "plethora".
* ''[[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman]]'': The Joker/Jack Napier always utters "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" when he kills someone. Ha later comments to a confused Bruce Wayne that he just likes the sound of it, {{spoiler|which is how Bruce finds out [[You Killed My Father|who murdered his parents]]}}.
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* One of the dwarves/dwarfs in ''The Soddit'' becomes obsessed with the word "moot". Initially he just repeats it to himself ("moot, moot, moot!") then later he insists on inserting himself in any conversation where something is undecided, just so he can say "that's moot."
* In ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', when Ax is in [[Humanity Ensues|human]] [[Hugh Mann|form]] he can't resist [[Verbal Tic|repeating and playing around with words and syllables]], simply because they are fun to say. This is because Andalites [[No Mouth|don't have a mouth]].
* One of the footnotes to the published script of ''[[The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged|The Compleat Wks of Willm Shkspr (Abridged)]]'' states that "this editor really likes writing the word 'Zimbabwe.' Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe."
 
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** INTERCOURSE!!!
*** Erogenous Zones!!!
* In an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', Hilda gets hooked on saying "bungalow." Later in the same episode, after the phrase "brackish water" comes up, she says this is her new favorite phrase.
* On ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', when Leonard and Penny are drunk:
{{quote| '''Leonard''': Why would you buy Peppermint Schnapps?<br />
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** It's a funny word, isn't it? Word. The word word... is a funny word... WORD. [[Call Back|CLUTCH!]]
* On ''[[Seinfeld]]'', Jerry hypothesizes that the reason salsa is the most popular condiment is because everybody likes saying "salsa".
* On ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', [[Drew Carey]] once said how much he liked saying the word pianist, since the network [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|can't censor it]].
 
 
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'''s first Bible Games episode, he says "I can't stop saying 'Baby Moses'. Baby Moses baby Moses baby Moses."
* King Enma from ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged (Web Video)|Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' likes the word "mahogany".
* In one episode of ''[[Ask That Guy With the Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy With theThe Glasses]]'', That Guy likes the phrase "hamster jelly".
** With onions.
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'', Pinky occasionally adds real words to his store of nonsense [[Verbal Tic|Verbal Tics]] because they're fun to say. Fjord! [[Hamlet|Hark!]]
* In ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', Bender has been known to fixate on words e.g. "daffodil", "pimpmobile". His favorite word is revealed to be "ass".
* The ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' at one point sing a song about Lake Titicaca, which ends as follows:
{{quote| Lake Titicaca, oh Lake Titicaca, why do we sing of its fame?<br />
Lake Titicaca, oh Lake Titicaca, 'cause we really like saying its name! }}
* For the WB trifecta, ''[[Freakazoid (Animation)|Freakazoid]]!'' has noted that "hugbees" is fun to say. Try it!
{{quote| '''{{smallcaps| "Studio Audience"}}:''' HUGBEES!}}
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Last Roundup", Pinkie Pie brings up her own love of funny-sounding words, particularly "kumquat" and "pickle barrel".
 
 
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