- Louchébem
Louchébem or loucherbem is
Paris ian andLyon naisebutcher s' (French "boucher")slang , similar toPig Latin andVerlan . It originated in the mid-19th century. Each word is transformed by moving the first consonant to the end; and suffixes such as -ème, -ji, -oc, -muche are added at the end; the letter "L" is placed at the beginning of the new word. Note that spelling often becomes phoneticised.* le boucher = Louchébem
* la femme = Lamfé
* le monsieur = Lesieum
* le gigot = Ligogem
* le patron = Latronpuche
* le fou = LoufoqueSome words from Louchébem, most notably "loufoque" have become common and moved into everyday slang.
There is another French
argot called "largonji", which differs from "louchébem" only in the suffix that is added (-i instead of -em); the term is derived from "jargon". [cite journal
last = Valdman
first = Albert
title = La Langue des faubourgs et des banlieues: de l'argot au français populaire
journal = The French Review
volume = 73
issue = 6
pages = 1186
publisher = American Association of Teachers of French
date = 2000-05
url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/399371
accessdate = 2008-04-22]External links
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Notes
Bibliography
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Marcel Schwob , "Étude sur l’argot français ". Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1889.
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