Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A type of backslang used in France, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Etymologies
- French verlan (Wiktionary)
Examples
“U knows zey hav speciul form of speek, is call verlan? u must aks zem!”
u wait all day for monorail panda - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“verlan," once associated with those suburbs, have long since spread to high schools around the country and to youths of all backgrounds.”
“BARJOT is invariable since it's already a verlan (inverted syllables) - So, ladies & gentlemen, you all may be BARJO!!! nadine”
“Interesting word history: the French word "barjo (t)" comes from the verlan "jobard".”
“BARJOT is invariable since it's already a verlan inverted syllables- So, ladies & gentlemen, you all may be BARJO !”
“Interesting word history: the French word "barjot" comes from the verlan "jobard".”
“I think it's probably because meutre would turn into erteum, which doesn't sound scary but rather like an obscure verlan slang word.”
“Indecipherable unless you are a teenager yourself, or happen to have a teenage translator to hand who understands all the slang, verlan backwards slang, or sometimes backwards backwards slang – meriting of a post in itself one day and teen cultural references whch are thrown into the mix.”
“It emerged in the slang, verlan, created through inversions of syllables.”
“You don't have to be ouf (verlan for fou, or mad) to buy this kind of reasoning, but it certainly helps.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘verlan’.
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Not 250 Spelling Words Again
Yet more spelling words for intermediate to advanced spellers.
kyoodle, heimin, feis, menarche, cordwainer, gherao, zythum, accidie, anastomosis, boustrophedon, oleum, penicillin and 238 more...
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Cryptolects
Names of secret/underground languages, where 'language' is defined loosely to include e.g. Polari: inspired by virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_virtual_linguist/2008/10/secret-languages.html
igaws, awal-n-imdiazn, cant, polari, argot, shelta, banja�?ki, barallete, gaceria, fila dos arxinas, nyobo-kotoba, verlan and 17 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1402 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
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Verbiage
enfleurage, mysteriarch, chantepleure, mellifluous, inkhorn, bergamot, prestidigitation, legerdemain, mortmain, lomcevak, pilbroch, pilbrooch and 17 more...
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coty's Words
synecdoche, metonymy, syllepsis, tautology, nonce, cromulent, imprimatur, zymurgy, schadenfreude, kafkaesque, shavian, mellifluous and 7 more...
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