roll/trip off the tongue

idiom

: to be easy to say or pronounce
The name just rolls off the tongue.

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Arab influences roll off the tongue as part of the Swahili language, drift through the air five times a day with the azan, and skirt the seas in the form of hulking dhows largely unchanged since traders from the north first appeared on these shores. Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024 The Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, or AOIMSG if that doesn’t quite roll off the tongue for you, will specifically focus on unexplained phenomena that pass through military airspace. Brian Barrett, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2021 That doesn't exactly roll off the tongue as well, but The Boys star Chace Crawford thinks he should be credited with rocking the trendy early '00s hairstyle first — even before Justin Bieber or Zac Efron. EW.com, 29 June 2024 Before Matthew McConaughey was cemented as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, his last name didn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 Tim Stevens The first car is the LF-ZC, a name that doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023 The names of comedy duo legends trip off the tongue: Abbott and Costello. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023 While the Celtic title, Beltane, and May Day can be used interchangeably, May Day tends to roll off the tongue a bit easier. Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 25 Apr. 2023 The highway hypnosis moniker certainly is a catchier phrasing and seems to readily roll off the tongue. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021

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“Roll/trip off the tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll%2Ftrip%20off%20the%20tongue. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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