Sex laxar i en laxask.
Meaning: A short 'x/lax/ks' crunch — Swedish's 'x' sounds like 'ks', which doubles the trap.
Language: Swedish
Literally: Six salmons in a salmon box.
Category: Warm-up
Origin: Sweden's most quoted warm-up twister; deceptively simple to read, tricky to say.
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