I once worked with a waiter who had twins, and they had this. They'd talk together in gibberish, yet act as if they perfectly understood what the other one was saying. I found it fascinating.

So I was rather pleased to discover there was a word for it.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophasia

"Cryptophasia is the phenomenon of a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand."

related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioglossia

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