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mantis49 Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 11:58 AM
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Calling word game or language experts..........
What is a word or phrase called that is the same backwards and forward?

Like: Mom, Dad, race car

This is driving me crazy! I know there is a word for it, but I can't remember!
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Rumba Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 11:59 AM
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1. palindrome
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:01 PM
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3. Do geese see God?
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 11:59 AM
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2. A palindrome.
Madam I'm Adam.

NGU.


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alvis Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:04 PM
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7. Bob

I, man, am regal - a German am I
Never odd or even
If I had a hi-fi
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot or to hoot
No lemons, no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see god?
"Do nine men interprite?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?
Race fast, safe car
Pa's a sap
Ma is as selfish as I am
May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah, Satan sees Natasha
No evil lived on
Lonely Tylenol
Not a banana baton
No "x" in "Nixon"
O, stone, be not so
O Geronimo, no minor ego
"Naomi," I moan
"A Toyota's a Toyota"
A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh no! Don Ho!
Nurse, I spy gypsies - run!
Senile felines
Now I see bees I won
UFO tofu
We panic in a pew
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

Bob
- Weird Al Yankovic

Parody of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues
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mantis49 Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:20 PM
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8. I love these.....
Thank you.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:02 PM
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4. Able was I ere I saw Elba.
:)
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Ivote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:03 PM
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5. Palindrome
is the word you are looking for
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/palindrome.html
:bounce:
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mantis49 Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:21 PM
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9. Thanks for the link.
I thank you all for you help. Now I can rest easy. LOL
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 12:03 PM
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6. Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog. n/t
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