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verlan (French) [vɛrlɑ̃]

(Linguistics / Languages) a variety of French slang in which the syllables are inverted, such as meuf for femme, and also incorporating Arabic words and phrases

[from inverting the syllables of the French word l'envers meaning the other way round]

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