Two-Line Vocabulary
1988-present ยท UK / US
Also known as Two Line Vocabulary, Limited Vocabulary
One performer in a scene is restricted to just two short phrases, which must serve as every line and be made to fit each new situation through delivery alone.
Known for
- A Whose Line UK game where one player gets two fixed lines (for example 'I love you' and 'Get out of my house') and can say nothing else for the whole scene.
- All meaning has to come from inflection, timing, and context, because the words never change.
- The unrestricted partner drives the story, feeding situations that twist the two phrases into new meanings.
- Trains the principle that subtext, not vocabulary, carries a scene.
Connected to
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whose line
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