Palindrome

Word of the Day for Sunday May 1, 2005

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\, noun:
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same
backward or forward.

A few examples:
* Madam, I'm Adam. (Adam's first words to Eve?)
* A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama! (The history of the
Panama Canal in brief.)
* Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Napoleon's lament.)
* Mom, Dad.
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Palindrome comes from Greek palindromos, literally "running
back (again)," from palin, "back, again" + dromos, "running."

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Unfortunately I broke my camera at Coney Island, so the only palindrome I could photo was a bad one of Abba's SOS on my computer: