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gangerh commented on the word emordnilap
a name coined for a word or phrase that spells a different word or phrase backwards
January 25, 2008
mollusque commented on the word emordnilap
Also applied to images in electronic watermarks that become different when flipped. Is the plural semordnilap?
January 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word emordnilap
The plural is emordnilaps just like most other common English words!
February 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word emordnilap
Is a palindromic emordnilap a palindrome?
February 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word emordnilap
what's an emordnilapic palindrome?
February 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word emordnilap
'pologies, mollusque, for my haste, as it appears there is a semordnilap and the plural of that is semordnilaps. I withdraw my jibe. Until I know better.
February 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word emordnilap
No problem, gangerh. The term was originally coined as semordnilap, which dates to at latest 1961. By 1985 it was being changed to emordnilap in some contexts (e.g., computer science). A Google search shows that emordnilap is now the more common word.
February 1, 2008