Wiktionary
n. A type of backslang used in France, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Wikipedia
Verlan is an argot in the French language, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is common in slang and youth language. It rests on a long French tradition of transposing syllables of individual words to create slang words. The name verlan is an example: it is derived from inverting the sounds of the syllables in l'envers (, "the inverse", frequently used in the sense of "back-to-front").
Usage examples of "verlan".
Gallint was never able to duplicate his data, nor was he ever able to convince anyone that these Verlan were really able to talk, as we understand talk.
We have other reasons for believing the Verlan to be intelligent, now.
So it matters, in cold commercial terms, whether the Verlan are intelligent humanoid or not.
The settled portion of Verlan is a rich man’s hunting ground, a paradise for some, and they do not go very strong for law.
Flay it right and you can commit just about any crime you like on Verlan and no one will even be curious.
We tried our best to learn the Verlan tongue, we studied maps of the planet, and we got to know each other a little better.
There’s no record of the Verlans being hostile, but let’s not gamble on it too far.
She had tried to teach us what she knew of the Verlan tongue, but her understanding was far ahead of ours, so I watched her.
I had read, in the data we had gathered, that the Verlan were of canine origin, but it was one thing to read that, another to see it in fact and to realize with a start that I had often seen just such a look in the eyes of my dogs at home.
This is contrary to all the reports, which claim that the Verlan are hard to find.
All around were hordes of Verlan, all descending the slopes with us, converging on the hut.
Our guide went on, Fiona following, leading us, but the rest of the Verlan now held back in a ring.
Then we saw movement at the vee-opening of the hut, and a Verlan man emerged, crawling on all fours and favoring his right arm.
The stone was some kind of solar cell, and the island hilltop was the nearest place where the Verlan could expose it to direct sunlight.
Carson veered a little, then a little more, until the Verlan was satisfied, then consulted his gyro and nodded.