Levidrome: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
stub sort Tag: Reverted |
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 3#Levidrome closed as retarget (XFDcloser) Tag: New redirect |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
#REDIRECT [[Anadrome]] |
|||
A Levidrome is a word, similar to a [[Palindrome]], however creates a word with a different definition when the word is reversed. Examples include ''Stop'' and ''Pots'', ''Stressed'' and ''Desserts''. |
|||
== History == |
|||
The word ''Levidrome'' was suggested by Levi Budd in 2017 when he and his parents realized there wasn't an officially recognized word to describe a word with a different meaning when reversed. The word ''Levidrome'' is an eponym for Levi, and the word ''Palindrome''. |
|||
A video was put together by Levi and his father to promote the new word on October 9, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.levidromelist.com/levidrome-list/news/2017/10/09/levidrome-let39s-get-this-word-into-the-dictionary|title=Levidrome News - Levidrome - Let's get this word into the dictionary|website=www.levidromelist.com}}</ref> |
|||
[[Oxford English Dictionary]] replies with their stance stating the word levidrome is on their watch list on November 23, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.levidromelist.com/levidrome-list/news/2017/11/23/oxford-dictionaries-levidrome|title=Levidrome News - Oxford Dictionaries - Levidrome|website=www.levidromelist.com}}</ref> |
|||
Many news outlets pick up on Levi's campaign and publish articles of his quest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/victoria-boy-s-new-word-levidrome-on-its-way-to-oxford-dictionary-1.23102948|title=Victoria boy’s new word, ‘levidrome,’ on its way to Oxford Dictionary|first=Cindy E.|last=Harnett|website=Times Colonist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3877788/levidrome-may-be-oxford-dictionarys-next-word-thanks-to-b-c-boys-viral-campaign/|title=‘Levidrome’ may be Oxford Dictionary’s next word thanks to B.C. boy’s viral campaign|website=Global News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/24/oxford-dictionaries-responds-to-six-year-old-victoria-boy-whose-invented-word-created-twitter-buzz.html|title=Oxford Dictionaries responds to 6-year-old Victoria boy whose invented word created Twitter buzz|date=November 24, 2017|website=thestar.com}}</ref> |
|||
The New York Times carried the story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/arts/music/leonard-bernstein-centennial.html|title=Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America (Published 2018)|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/pageoneplus/corrections-august-26-2018.html|title=Corrections: August 26, 2018 (Published 2018)|date=August 25, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
|||
As of October 2018, no term exists as an official definition for a ''word with a different definition when reversed'' in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/latest-word-on-levidrome-oxford-says-it-s-not-ready-but-linguist-begs-to-differ-1.23462827|title=Latest word on ‘levidrome’: Oxford says it’s not ready, but linguist begs to differ|first=Cindy E.|last=Harnett|website=Times Colonist}}</ref> |
|||
== References == |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
[[Category:Constrained writing]] |
|||
{{improve categories|date=November 2020}}{{vocab-stub}} |
|||
Latest revision as of 11:36, 10 September 2024
Redirect to: