"backslang" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbækslæŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backslang.wav 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back slang, back-slang Related terms: Lunfardo, Polari, verlan, vesre

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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