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noun, masculine

louchébem

/lu.ʃe.bɛm/

noun, masculine/lu.ʃe.bɛm/plural: louchébems

a form of slang originating from butchers in Paris and Lyon, involving changing the order of the letters of a word; butcher

Pour pratiquer le louchébem, un peu de gymnastique intellectuelle est nécessaire.To practice louchébem, a bit of intellectual gymnastics is necessary.

From le boucher (“the butcher”), which becomes louchébem under this transformation.