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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.