Rövarspråket

See also: rövarspråket

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish rövarspråket (“the language of robbers”), from rövare (“robber”) + språket (“the language”).

Proper noun
Examples

father becomes fofatothoheror
laugh becomes lolaugoghoh
Rövarspråket becomes Rorövovarorsospoproråkoketot

Rövarspråket

  1. A type of wordplay that originated in Sweden in which the consonants of words are doubled, with the letter o inserted between them.

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