Verlan is an argot in the French language, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is common in slang and youth language. It rests on a long French tradition of transposing syllables of individual words to create slang words. The name verlan itself is an example: it's derived from inverting the syllables in l'envers ("the inverse," pronounced lan-ver). General characteristics and Structure Word Formation Words in verlan are formed by switching the order in which syllables from the orig… (More on Verlan)