The word papibaquigraph has no meaning in Portuguese language. It's a complicated word to pronounce and was created, possibly, to be a lock languages.
Tongue twisters are words or phrases with difficult syllables to pronounce, constituting an excellent oral exercise, used both for fun and for purposes of fluency in pronunciation.
From popular culture, tongue twisters are present especially in childhood, being often used in disputes between friends.
The goal is to pronounce the tongue twister quickly and without making mistakes. When it is made up of a single word or a short sentence, it is usually asked to repeat it three times.
Tongue twisters examples
- The mouse gnawed at the clothes of the King of Rome, the queen angrily decided to mend it.
- Three wheat dishes for three sad tigers.
- A nest of mafagafos has five mafagafinhos. Whoever manages to defuse the five swindlers will be a good de-fuser.
- Time asked the time how long time has it. Time responded to the time that has no time to say to time that the time of time is the time that time has.
- The spider scratches the frog. The frog scratches the spider. Not even the spider scratches the frog. Not even the frog scratches the spider.
- The candy asked the candy which candy is sweeter than the sweet potato candy. The candy responded to the candy that the sweetest candy than the sweet potato candy is the sweet potato candy.
See also the meaning of tongue twister, cacophony and pleonasm.
