SpecGram—L’Ishing du Gwujlang X—Lusrveer—Dorothea Dorfman and Theodora Mundorf

Mindful readers will by now be familiar with l’ishing from our earlier research (SpecGram CLXXVII.4, etc.). Though giving the impression of being parallel to French verlan, l’ishing connects words that can be made to correspond to one another. Prior to the present discussion we have surveyed dialects of l’ishing that are based on moving sounds or letters from one end of a word to the other. We have recently come across another novel dialect, called lusrveer, in which paired words are each the phonetic reversal of the other. For example, jerks and scourge can be utilized in place of one another, as in “Those guys are just a bunch of scourge!”, or “I am the jerks of God, appointed to chastise you, since no one knows the remedy for your iniquity except me.”

As with l’ishing, lusrveer words ordinarily cannot be concocted in real time, so glossaries have been created for tyros. However, words are not itemized in the glossaries, only mnemonically merged definitions (MMDs). For example:

We have acquired a small heap of these lusrveer MMDs, and seek your assistance in determining the twinned words they refer to.

skim special talents
categories prone to animosity
remains of a large bodkin
misrepresentation of the candy’s location
hand squeegee
recognize the highest points
economical drupaceous fruit
sketch clicks
brusque Ottoman

epidermis scratches
explosive for a horde
shuffle suitcases
expectorate lagniappes
the fellow in charge of reinforcement
sales pitch bounds
instill knowledge into a charlatan
speechless muck
an archaic reflex, defrosted
appalling and animate

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L’Ishing du Gwujlang X—Lusrveer

by Dorothea Dorfman and Theodora Mundorf with additional assistance from Bob Kinnick and Dee Reed

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by Dorothea Dorfman and Theodora Mundorf
with additional assistance from Bob Kinnick and Dee Reed

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O	H	A	T	P	N	E	I	S
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I	T	E	A	H	S	O	P	N
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