Levidrome
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.[1]
Oxford English Dictionary replies with their stance stating the word levidrome is on their watch list on November 23, 2017.[2]
Many news outlets pick up on Levi's campaign and publish articles of his quest.[3][4][5]
The New York Times carried the story.[6][7]
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.[8]
References
- ^ "Levidrome News - Levidrome - Let's get this word into the dictionary". www.levidromelist.com.
- ^ "Levidrome News - Oxford Dictionaries - Levidrome". www.levidromelist.com.
- ^ Harnett, Cindy E. "Victoria boy's new word, 'levidrome,' on its way to Oxford Dictionary". Times Colonist.
- ^ "'Levidrome' may be Oxford Dictionary's next word thanks to B.C. boy's viral campaign". Global News.
- ^ "Oxford Dictionaries responds to 6-year-old Victoria boy whose invented word created Twitter buzz". thestar.com. November 24, 2017.
- ^ "Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America (Published 2018)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Corrections: August 26, 2018 (Published 2018)". August 25, 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Harnett, Cindy E. "Latest word on 'levidrome': Oxford says it's not ready, but linguist begs to differ". Times Colonist.
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