Tool to decrypt/encrypt like Louchebems (for French 'jargon des bouchers' or butchers slang) is a language based on slang inserting the letter L at the beginning of words and a final syllable to give a slang tone, especially in French.
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Louchebem
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Answers to Questions (FAQ)
How to encrypt using Louchébem cipher?
Encryption replaces the words by changing them applying successively some rules:
— Move the first consonant or syllable in the end of the word.
Example: BOUCHER becomes OUCHERB
— Insert the letter L at the beginning of the word
Example: OUCHERB becomes LOUCHERB
— Add a syllable slang at the end, usually -ji, -oc, -euil, -uche, -ès, or -em
Example: LOUCHERB becomes for example LOUCHERBEM
As the language of butchers is primarily a spoken language it allows many simplifications
Example: LOUCHERBEM was shortened to LOUCHEBEM (phonetically)
How to decrypt Louchebem cipher?
How to recognize Louchebem ciphertext?
The message contains many words beginning with L and the final syllable is sounding like (french?) slang: -ji, -oc, -ic -uche, -ès or -em.
Some Louchebem words have been used so much that they have entered the french slang dictionary, such as larfeuille, loufoque, largomuche etc.
What are the variants of the Louchebem cipher?
Le Louchebem is similar to verlan.
How to choose the slang suffix at the end of the word?
There is no rule, it is preferable that the word has a good sound and be pronounceable.
When Louchebem have been invented?
Loucheben finds its first traces in the mid 19th century, and perhaps not by butchers. It was later popularized in Lyon and Paris (France)
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