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Rövarspråket
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rövarspråket
English
father becomes fofathotheror
language becomes lolanongoguagego
Etymology
en :ubor sv:rövarspråk<alt:rövarspråket><t:the language of robbers> 2 1
Proper noun
A type of wordplay that originated in Sweden in which the consonants of words are doubled, with the letter o inserted between them.
Translations
type of wordplay originating in Sweden
Danish: da røversprog n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb røverspråket n
Polish: pl rövarspråket m-in
Swedish: sv rövarspråket n
See also
en argot, en cant
en pig Latin
en Tutnese
en Ubbi dubbi
Further reading