Is "self-echolalia" a possible subset of echolalia?

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From my understanding, echolalia is repeating words, phrases or sounds that other people say or make. Example:

"Do you like ice cream?"

"Do you like ice cream? Yes, I like ice cream."

I don't repeat people's exact phrases verbatim as in above. I do something like this often though when talking with members of my family:

Family member: "Will you take the dog out? He needs to go outside to go to the bathroom."
Me: "Come on, bathroom."

One of the kids: "Dad, my favorite pokemon is Snivey."
Me: "That's good, Snivey."
"Dad, my name is not Snivey!"

It's probably not echolalia, it's probably just annoying.....

I'm also wondering if "Self-echolalia" is a legitimate thing. I often talk to myself and I'll repeat the last part of a phrase.

Examples:

"It's really cold out today. Cold out today."
"I don't want to do that. Don't want to do that."

I could go on but I hope that makes sense.

Yes, self-repetition is a kind of echolalia, called "palilalia".

The closest thing to echolalia I do is when I read something off a list, then repeat it to commit it to memory.

I'm guilty of both echolalia and palilalia.

I heard an Irish girl on YouTube say the phrase "flippin' bejesus" a few months ago and it's been my favorite example of echolalia since. But I change this around every so often.

And another example just today was when I was talking to a co-worker about the JFK assassination, I repeated the entire conversation from my end several times so that's my example of palilalia.

I can get through a day without doing both on a regular basis.

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Ya know how you're supposed to restate the question in your answer on tests? Yeah, sometimes I'll talk like that.
Ex:
"Hey, would you like to go to the movies with me tomorrow at around 6pm?"
"Uh, sure I would like to go to the movies with you tomorrow at around 6pm."
"A simple yes would've worked too."

maybe it's just song writing ability - I mean this most sincerely.

I have palalia occoasionally, I'll get a word or phrase stuck on a loop and just repeat it to myself over and over, like, "laundry time, laundry time, laundry time," for anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes at a time. I use echolalia a lot as a way of communicating. If someone says something that reminds me of a line from a movie, I'll insert it into the conversation as my followup response. After meltdowns I go completely nonverbal, but after a few hours, my speech starts to return, and I'll use echolalia spontaneously as a way of trying to communicate my thoughts and feelings. One of the phrases I use most often in those situations is, "Boy are you stupid Charlie Brown!" to indicate my anger and shame with myself for having another meltdown.

Echolalia can be a form of self-soothing as well. I'll repeat my favourite lines from books and movies to myself over and over when I'm by myself because saying them and hearing them makes me feel happy. I've been stuck on The Fox and the Hound for days now, and will go about my day reciting, "'Copper, you're my very best friend,' 'and you're mine too, Todd,' 'and we'll always be friends forever, won't we?' 'yeah forever.'" over and over, sometimes dozens of times in a row.