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Here I am with another question. What is the term for a word or phrase in which the second half is the reverse of the first, like the word "redder"? And does anyone have any good examples?
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What is the term for a word or phrase in which the second half is the reverse of the first
A palindrome? Or am I missing something?
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Well, you have even order palindromes such as redder and odd order ones such as radar. Beyond that...
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I think the question is whether or not there is a special word for a single word that is palindromic, as opposed to a phrase or sentence.
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I dunno, Alex. Littljoe does ask in terms of a word or phrase. so I'm confused, too....
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Sorry to confuse everyone. Yeah, I guess I'm asking about "even number" palindromes--words or phrases where you can, metaphorically speaking, plop a mirror down right in the middle. I thought there might be a different word for those, but perhaps just even number palindrome will do.
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Well, if we're talking about plopping mirrors, then maybe an ambigram. I think that's backwards and upside-down but.
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