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* One of the footnotes to the published script of ''[[TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged The Compleat Wks of Willm Shkspr (Abridged)]]'' states that "this editor really likes writing the word 'Zimbabwe.' Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe."

* {{Miranda}} does this OnceAnEpisode, declaring that a word she's just used is a nice word, and repeats it a few times. Sometimes done again later in the episode, with a different word, before launching back to the first word.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint What word,]] [[NotASubversion "subverted"?]]

* In ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] loves saying the word 'Void', he likes it so much that most of his battle intros feature him saying it. [[HilarityEnsues Hilariously]], when others battle Exdeath, they too refer to the void in their battle intros.

->''"[[HilariousInHindsight Nothing]], nothing. Just like the word, it gives me confidence. GORN! {{GORN}}!!!"''

* On ''TheBigBangTheory'', when Leonard and Penny are drunk:

* On ''{{Seinfeld}}'', Jerry hypothesizes that the reason salsa is the most popular condiment is because everybody likes saying "salsa".
* One clip on ''Series/TheSmokingGunPresentsWorldsDumbest'' features a politician named Toplicker. Brad Loekle pretends to be a reporter repeatedly saying "Mr. Toplicker! Mr. Toplicker!" just because he likes saying it.
* On ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', DrewCarey once said how much he liked saying the word pianist, since the network [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar can't censor it]].

* A variation occurs in ''SecretSix'', where Rag Doll discovers that ''everything'' he says sounds creepy, and delights in saying random, innocuous things just to prove it to himself over and over.
* {{Deadpool}} has done this a few times, for words like "duct tape" and "chimichangas". The latter is even the [[MythologyGag name for one of his special moves]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' -- for no other reason than the fact he likes saying it, apparently.

* {{Deadpool}} has done this a few times, for words like "duct tape" and "chimichangas". The latter is even the [[MythologyGag name for one of his special moves]] in MarvelVsCapcom3 -- for no other reason than the fact he likes saying it, apparently.

* The subject of an entire skit in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
** Gorn!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg Goooorn!!!]]
** Sausage!
*** That's a good woody sort of word.
** CARIBOU GORN!!!
** INTERCOURSE!!!
*** Erogenous Zones!!!

* Hobbes from ''CalvinAndHobbes'' just likes saying "smock".

* ''Film/{{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 [[YouKilledMyFather who murdered his parents]]]].

* In ''{{K-ON}}'', when Tsumugi gets to direct the class production of ''RomeoAndJuliet'', she keeps saying "Cut!" and making tweaks. Ritsu guesses correctly that she's just saying it because she enjoys it.

* In one of his routines, GeorgeCarlin once noted that the phrase "Amoebic Dysentery" is an amazingly fun phrase to say if you ignore its rather unfortunate definition... and then spent ten minutes using it in sentences over and over.

* The routine "Bulbous Bouffant" by The Vestibules, as aired on the TheDrDementoShow, is built entirely out of this. A video-fied version can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuCNAwXGaQ here]].]

* In ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', Pinky occasionally adds real words to his store of nonsense {{Verbal Tic}}s because they're fun to say. Fjord! [[{{Hamlet}} Hark!]]

* In ''{{Dreamfall}}'', Crow admits liking the word "spooky" because it "makes his beak vibrate".

* {{Frazz}} has admitted this is the main reason he eats kumquats.

* In ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', [[FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] loves saying the word 'Void', he likes it so much that most of his battle intros feature him saying it. [[HilarityEnsues Hilariously]], when others battle Exdeath, they too refer to the void in their battle intros.
** In the same game there's [[FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia]], who says the word 'Time' in most of her intros. Like Exdeath, many characters will also say the word 'Time' it in their intros when facing her.

* In ''TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'', 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.

* [[{{Dilbert}} Ratbert]] with "scruples" in one comic strip.

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* {{Deadpool}} has done this a few times, for words like "duct tape" and "chimichangas". The latter is even the [[MythologyGag name for one of his special moves]] in [[MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs Capcom 3]] -- for no other reason than the fact he likes saying it, apparently.

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* ''{{Film/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 [[YouKilledMyFather who murdered his parents]]]].

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* The subject of an entire skit in ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

* In an episode of ''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.

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-->-- '''[[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'''

* In ''KillBill'' vol. 2, Elle Driver says she has this affinity for the word "gargantuan", though she only uses it once in the film.
* ''MadMonsterParty''. Baron von Frankenstein loves saying "antipasto".

* In ''PinkyAndTheBrain'', Pinky occasionally adds real words to his store of nonsense {{Verbal Tic}}s because they're fun to say. Fjord! [[{{Hamlet}} Hark!]]
* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Bender has been known to fixate on words e.g. "daffodil", "pimpmobile". His favorite word is revealed to be "ass".

* For the [=WB=] trifecta, ''{{Freakazoid}}!'' has noted that "hugbees" is fun to say. Try it!