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A word like 'madam' that is the same backwards is called...

A word like 'madam' that is the same backwards is called...

an oxymoron
a contranym
a palindrome
a heteronym


Votes: 1239 Comments: 7 Added: December 2003
Comments:
JT - 7th December 2003 14:03
What's a heteronym?
 
grahamcurrie - 10th February 2004 01:36
I like heteronyms. Words that are spelled the same way but have different meanings and pronunciations.
eg. bow, polish,unionised
 
asd - 28th October 2006 10:02
heh knew that when i was 11 :D
 
rakesh - 18th December 2006 09:56
Plz send the this type of words
 
EW - 13th March 2007 10:59
"Madam" is nothing: check out Jon Agee's book "Go Hang a Salami, I'm a Lasagna Hog!"
 
kimmikoto - 16th April 2007 21:32
Ew, how in the world is, go hang a salami, funny?
 
Llama - 1st September 2008 02:13
kimmikoto, why don't you try reading the name of the book backwards
 
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