louchébem
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From le boucher (“the butcher”), which becomes louchébem under this transformation.
Pronunciation
Noun
louchébem m (uncountable)
- a form of slang originating from butchers in Paris and Lyon, involving changing the order of the letters of a word
- 2015, Je découvre Paris, Equipe GlobeKid, page 39:
- Pour pratiquer le louchébem, un peu de gymnastique intellectuelle est nécessaire.
- To practice louchébem, a bit of intellectual gymnastics is necessary.
- (louchébem slang) butcher
- 2015, Alain René Poirier, Dieu créa le monde en écoutant les Rolling Stones: La Bible V2.0, page 119:
- Avant de mettre ton roast-beef au four, fais bien gaffe à ce que l’âme de la vache soit bien détachée, ne reste pas collée sous la barde avec le risque de croquer dedans et de te niquer le bridge, le plus simple quand tu te pointes chez le louchébem, tu demandes de désâmer ton morceau de barbaque en même temps qu’il le désosse...
- Before putting your roast beef in the oven, make sure that the soul of the cow is fully detached, isn’t still stuck under the lard with the risk of crunching inside and fucking up your bridge, the easiest is when you show up at the butcher’s, you ask him to de-soul your piece of meat at the same time as he debones it...
See also
Further reading
- “louchébem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.