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backwards slang

The practice of reversing the letters in a word and pronouncing the result phonetically (often changing the original spelling). A popular code used by London's lower classes and the criminal element to make their speech unintelligible to outsiders.
Police = Esclop.
Beer = Reeb.
Woman = Nammo.
Weed = Dew.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
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