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Louchebem

Louchébem or loucherbem is Parisian and Lyonnaise butchers' ( Fr boucher) slang, similar to Pig latin and Verlan. It originated in the mid-19th century. First consonant is moved to the end; followed by suffixes such as -ème, -ji, -oc, -muche; the letter "L" is placed at the beginning of the new word. Note that spelling often becomes phoneticized.

• le boucher = Louchébem
• la femme = Lamfé
• le monsieur = Lesieum
• le gigôt = Ligogem
• le patron = Latronpuche
• le fou = Loufoque

Some words from Louchébem, most notably "loufoque" have become common and moved into everyday slang.

External link

• Link (in French) with more information to be eventually written up here: http://www.mhr-viandes.com/fr/docu/docu/d0000238.htm