Zippy and his acquaintances are given to picking up and chanting “found mantras”, expressions that they find satisfying to repeat — in episodes of what Bill Griffith calls onomatomania (or phrase repetition disorder, here):
In earlier Zippy postings on this blog we’ve experienced people shouting “Grundy Gulch” three times (here), and also the attractions of “nuclear Obama-lama-ding-dong” (here).
March 3, 2010 at 5:05 pm |
On mantras: I recall a comic piece from many years ago (in print, perhaps in the New Yorker) on picking your very own mantra. One of the suggestions was the place name “Chichicastenango”, which I haven’t been able to get out of my head since I read the mantra piece. You could dance to it.
March 5, 2010 at 4:44 pm |
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