backward words

What is it called when a word is read both backward and normally, it is the same? eg Pip or Oxo

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is it called when a word is read both backward and normally, it is the same? eg Pip or Oxo

See post #3.

[Tomasz Klimkiewicz]

A more precise term for the kind of word, phrase or sentence the original poster asked about is 'palindrome', also of Greek origin, I've been told.

Building interesting palindromes is a task frequently encountered in various 'Word Game' magazines all over the world.

Below is an example of an excellent palindromic (that's the adjective) sentence:

'A man, a plan, a canal - Panama!' (punctuation marks excluded, of course, the sentence reads the same forwards and backwards).

Regards,

Tee Kay

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Tomasz Klimkiewicz

'palindrome'

excellent

[blacknomi]

Cool. That is a good one. Thanks, TK.

Cass, is fortune-teller your part-time job?

[Tdol]

Madam, I'm Adam

And my fave, for angry waiters:

Stressed? No tips? Spit on desserts

[blacknomi]

Here comes another,

lol