Speakfeel—How words taste
2014/09/22
Definition: Speakfeel | spēkfēl | The full physical experience of saying a word or phrase out loud in isolation, often doing so repeatedly and with comedic emphasis. Word tasting.
Example words and phrases with subjectively assessed high levels of speakfeel:
- Lull.
- Monthly.
- Plinth.
- Pickle.
- Dork, spork, and pork (but not door, spore, or poor).
- Flux capacitor.
- Cactus.
- Speakfeel.
Good mixtures of plosives with lateral approximate seem to enhance speakfeelingness.
Conjecture: some words and phrases will have universally high levels of speakfeel.