Palindrome Definition and Examples

Palindrome Definition and Examples A Palindrome is a sort of word play where a word, expression, or sentence peruses the equivalent in reverse or forwardsuch as Madam, Im Adam.â Semordnilaps (the word palindromes in invert) are words that spell different words when spelled in reverse (for instance, star/rodents, cabinet/reward). Aibohphobia is the palindromic term for a silly dread of palindromes. Palindrome Examples popdeedkayakcivicradarleveldeifiedrotatorrepapertestsetracecarredividerdetartratedtattarrattat(James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922)Wassamassaw(from an American Indian name for water, a bog outside of Summerville, South Carolina)A man, an arrangement, a canalPanama!Able was I ere I saw Elba.Too badI concealed a boot.Do geese see God?Murder for a container of red rum.Drab as a moron, standoffish as a bard.Go convey a challenge, detestable dog![Caption beneath a depiction of a family lounging around a supper table; the kid is speaking]Mom, Dad, dislike youIm not a palindrome.(Paul Karasik, The New Yorker, January 21, 2013)Norma is as magnanimous as I am, Ron.(attributed to writer W.H. Auden)Gateman sees name, garageman sees name tag.Some men decipher nine memos.Go Hang a Salami! Im a Lasagna Hog!(title of a book on palindromes by Jon Agee, 1991)Doc: note, I contradict. A quick never forestalls a largeness. I diet on cod.(James Michie, New Statesman, May 5, 1967)Once you notice that decaf in reve rse is confronted, it is nevertheless crafted by a second to design the resentful protest of an espresso consumer standing up to the nonattendance of customary espresso: I confronted decaf! I!! A similar procedure yields a tailors cantankerous supposition (Knits smell!) and a trip specialists expression of remorse to a volcanologist: Avalon? No magma . . .(Ellis Weiner, Mind Games. Smithsonian, April 2008) T.S. Eliot, top minstrel, notes rotten tang exuding, is tragic. Id dole out it a name: gnat earth upset on dull pot-toilet.(Alastair Reid)Are we not drawn forward, we few, attracted ahead to new period? Demetri Martins Palindromes for Specific Occasions A FATHER TRYING TO CONNECT WITH HIS ESTRANGED SON BY OFFERING HIM SOME PIZZA:Son, Im odd. Dominos?A Dialog BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS YOUNG SON. THE MAN IS TRYING TO TEACH THE BOY THE NAME OF A PIECE OF FRUIT AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINGULAR AND PLURAL:Son, state a papaya.Papayas.No s. A SCIENTISTS REACTION TO WHAT HE FINDS IN A PETRI DISH.P.U.! Life forms in a group.(Demetri Martin, This Is a Book. Great Central, 2011) The Longest Palindromes Malayalam, the local tongue of the individuals of Kerala, is the longest palindromic language-name. The credit of the longest palindromic place-name goes to Kanakanak, which is close Dillingham, Alaska, USA. The 19-letter Finnish word saippuakivikauppias, which means a vendor in burning pop, is the longest known palindromic word. . . .The first palindromic sentence in English showed up in 1614: Lascivious did I live underhandedness I did dwel. (O.Abootty, The Funny Side of English. Pustak Mahal, 2002) The Language of Magic Generally discovering palindromic words or making palindromic expressions and sentences is a type of light diversion. A few fans show incredible creativity in finding long palindromes covering more than one sentence. Previously, notwithstanding, palindromes have figured in the language of enchantment, and many have taken reversibility to be significant.(Barry J. Blake, Secret Language. Oxford Univ. Press, 2010) Dylan Thomass Semordnilap The principal serve laughed as he brought up how [Dylan] Thomass anecdotal town in Under Milk WoodLlareggubspelled out something rather inconsiderate in reverse. That shows the devilment of the man.(Steven Morris, Dylan Thomas Centenary: South Wales Gets Ready to Welcome the World. The Guardian [UK], January 5, 2014) Roger Angell on the Darker Side of Palindromes [T]hat night, soon after four, I started with the words. In no time flat, I discovered swallow plug (something to do with bass fishing) and live abhorrent, and cruised off into the best rest I had delighted in a little while. The following night brought straw moles and reimbursed diaper, and, in time, a long if faintly disturbed nap (ezoons). I was charmed. My palindromic aptitudes improved quickly, and soon I was not, at this point content with unimportant words. . . . One morning, following a simple twenty minutes of shut-eye, I met my significant other at the morning meal table and reported, Editor rubs ward, draws burro tide.Terrific, she stated, apathetically. I dont get it. That is to say, what does it mean?Well I started, theres this manager in Mexico who goes outdoors with his niece, andListen, she said. I figure you should take a phenobarb today around evening time. You look terrible.(Roger Angell, A Day in the Life of Roger Angell. Viking Press, 1970) Etymology:From the Greek, running back once more Elocution: PAL-in-drome