back slang

noun

1. a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards

Example Sentences

About that time, the company was stumped for new material, so it asked its sales staff to send back slang expressions from the road.

From Seattle Times

Last month, on a raucous stage following the Rams’ Super Bowl victory parade, coach Sean McVay implored the emcee to ask star defensive lineman Aaron Donald if he was interested in “running it back,” slang for repeating another Super Bowl run.

From Los Angeles Times

Victorian criminals did essentially the same with back slang, reversing words so that boy became yob and so on.

From BBC

He also offers a history of back slang and rhyming slang.

From Salon

If you want to find the starting point at which to look at slang, rhyming slang, back slang and a variety of other sub-sets, plus a very good assessment of what was available in terms of slang lexicography in 1859, then Hotten’s your man.

From Salon