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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Never miss a beat! #38974 10/18/2001 11:25 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 When a word is intentionally repeated to achieve an effect, perhaps it might be called a "dittodict". Since it is used to complete the beat in the line of a song or verse (eg. "I love Paris in the Springtime, I love Paris in the Fall"), it is actually "beatballast" , wwh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Re: Dittology - words about words JColter 08/20/2001 4:20 PM Re: Dittology - words about words maverick 08/20/2001 6:09 PM Re: Dittology - words about words wwh 08/20/2001 7:08 PM Never miss a beat! plutarch 10/18/2001 11:25 PM Re: Never miss a beat! wwh 10/19/2001 2:32 AM Re: Dittology - words about words wwh 08/21/2001 5:09 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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