Inflationary Language

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Inflationary Language is a comedic language or language game, originally created by Victor Borge. Take any word or syllable that sounds like a number, and add one to it. Using some of Borge's examples tenderly becomes elevenderly, wonderful becomes twoderful, half sister, becomes one and a half sister, and so on and so fifth.

External References

Victor Borge's written description of Inflationary Language

YouTube video of Borge performing Inflationary Language in concert

The Victor Borge Website Inflater

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