Two forms of slang are known as Backslang. In the United Kingdom, pig Latin, used as a cant, is alternatively known as backslang. Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... Pig Latin is a language game primarily used in English, although the rules can be easily modified to apply to most any language. ... Cant is a term generally used to describe secret languages (cryptolects) used by gypsies, thieves, and others who have a need to communicate freely without necessarily conveying their meaning to a wider audience. ...

Simply saying a word as if it is spelt backwards (for example "riah" for "hair", "ecaf" for "face", "eson" for "nose") is also known as backslang. Such constructions are used in the language variety polari, as well as in the Australian butchers' cant rechtub klat. Polari (or alternatively Palare, from Italian parlare, to talk) was a form of cant slang used in the gay subculture in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Rechtub klat is a cryptolect used by butchers in Australia to hold conversations without customers overhearing. ...

See also

• Verlan
• Lunfardo and Vesre

You can also just put a letter of your choice on the front of a word or put 'ing' on the end of the word A long tradition exists in France of permutating syllables of words to create slang words. ... Lunfardo was a colorful, slangy argot of the Spanish language which developed at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires. ... Vesre (reversing the order of syllables) is one of the features of the Buenos Aires argot of Spanish known as lunfardo. ...