verlan

noun

verlan

noun

/vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/

Etymology From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).

1

A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.

Derived terms
verlanise, verlanize

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