keum
KUHMnounInformal
A French slang term. Browse all French slang.
What it means
A guy, a bloke. Also 'my boyfriend': mon keum.
Examples with translations
C'est qui ce keum?
Who's that guy?
Son keum bosse dans la restauration.
Her boyfriend works in catering.
Where it comes from
Verlan for mec ('bloke'), which is itself informal. Verlan frequently takes slang as its input rather than standard vocabulary, producing a second layer of concealment.