"backslang" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbækslæŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backslang.wav [Southern-England] Forms: backslangs [plural]
Etymology: From back + slang. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|slang}} back + slang Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backslang (countable and uncountable, plural backslangs)
  1. (linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-backslang-en-noun-QOy6mCKL Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.
    (British) Pig Latin.
    Tags: British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (Translations): verlan (French), 倒語 (tōgo) (Japanese), vesre [Argentina, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-backslang-en-noun-VJq5h5y2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back slang, back-slang Related terms: Lunfardo, Polari, verlan, vesre

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