back slang
a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
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How to use back slang in a sentence
It is called back-slang, and simply consists of spelling (more or less accurately) words backwards.
The Criminal | Havelock EllisFor instance, woman in the back slang is nammow, and nammows is women.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden HottenI'd ha' run it off into back slang, and ha' done it most willing and free.
Variety is the charm of nature, we are told; and in this particular, if in no other, back slang and nature approach each other.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden HottenFrom these examples the apt student may fairly judge how to form his own back slang to his own liking and that of his friends.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
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