A patient repeats, "I feel hot. Hot, cot, rot, tot, got. I'm a spot." What term should the nurse use to document this?

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Clanging is word choice based on sound, not meaning, and includes nonsense rhymes and puns. This is not an example of blocking, echolalia, or neologism. Blocking is when a person experiences sudden interruption in train of thought and unable to complete sentences which seems r/t strong emotion. Echolalia is an imitation or the repetition of another person's words or phrases. Neologism involves coining a new word, which is inventing or making up words that have no real meaning except for the person. The statement in the question is an example of clanging.

A Patient Repeats, "I Feel Hot