News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Verlan: French slang that inverses words. Parent comment

Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by doporcleporc on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:07PM (#22220625)
Hey, French here. Sometimes a reversed word will go so mainstream that people will feel the need to reverse it again. Going full circle.

Femme ( girl ) -> Meu-fe -> Meuf -> Feu-meuh

You guys do that as well?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by ericol on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:10PM (#22220636)
hahahahaha nop, that's a good one! but we do tend to keep deforming them, and a lot of words take on a second or more meanings.
[ Parent | on HN ]