Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Louchébem or loucherbem is Parisian and Lyonnaise butchers' ( Fr boucher) slang, similar to Pig latin and Verlan. It originated in the mid-19th century. First consonant is moved to the end; followed by suffixes such as -ème, -ji, -oc, -muche; the letter "L" is placed at the beginning of the new word. Note that spelling often becomes phoneticized. le boucher = Louchébem la femme = Lamfé le monsieur = Lesieum le gigôt = Ligogem le patron = Latronpuche le fou = Loufoque Some words from Louchébem, most notably "loufoque" have become common and moved into everyday slang. External link Link (in French) with more information to be eventually written up here: http://www.mhr-viandes.com/fr/docu/docu/d0000238.htm This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.