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Words spelled the same forward or backward

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  1. mlwoo

    mlwoo Contributing Member

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    FAIL.
     
  2. aka ace

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    my name is a palindrome:

    Asa
     
  3. rrj_gamz

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    aha

    bib

    no

    is

    lol

    that's all I got...
     
  4. LFE171

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    ..LOL..
     
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    "no," "is," and "that's all I got..." is not a palindrome, but "nurses run" is. kidding
     
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    There's a city in northern California called Yreka, and there's a bakery in Yreka called Yreka Bakery. Does that count?
     
  7. The Hunted

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    HAH HAH!

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    Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age
     
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    I think a word should be an actual word to count as the longest palindrome. And, being invented by a phony, pompous, self-important but famous writer isn't sufficient to make it a real word.

    Likewise, palindromic sentences should also be sentences, imo, not nonsensical sentence fragments.
     
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    Rise to vote Sir

    -Comic book guy
     
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    What did the rodent-fearing man say?

    Was it a rat I saw?

    What do you call the man's first appearance on TV?

    Tube debut

    What was the Eskimo whose boat capsized?

    Dekayaked
     
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    A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a ***, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal — Panama!
     
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    What's non-sensical of about Manny's palindrome? It's referencing the Panama Canal and it's creation.
     
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    Sex at noon taxes.
     
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    Thank you for not making me the first to post this. Great Bob Dylan tribute song too.
     
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    Lisa Bonet ate no basil.

    For those of you that don't remember Lisa Bonet:

    NSFW
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  20. Behad

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    My personal favorite:

    Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
     

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