Palindrome Examples

So, what is a palindrome? Well, a palindrome is basically a word or phrase, which can be read in the same way even in backward. For example, "kayak" is read as "kayak" when your read the letters from the right to left too. The palindrome originated in Greece and was coined from the Greek word, palíndromos, which means, "running back again". The origin of palindromes can be dated back to 79 AD and the first palindrome that was discovered in the form of a graffito, was, "Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas". Records of palindromic words and phrases were also found in Sanskrit and Hebrew literature. Before knowing the examples of palindromic words and phrases, let us take a look at some miscellaneous examples of palindromes.

Miscellaneous Examples of Palindrome

There are various types of palindromes, that include, word palindromes, phrase palindromes, number palindromes, name palindromes and date palindromes. 2nd January 2010 is a date palindrome. When used in mm/dd/yy format, the date can be given as "01/02/2010" and the date can be read exactly the same backward. Even "1st February 2010" is a date palindrome when used in dd/mm/yy format. Another such date palindrome that will come in future is "11/02/2011". A palindromic number is a number whose digits form the same number even when they are read backwards. Example, 25352. A palindrome is not limited to numbers and words and you will be amused to know that some people have palindromic names. Given below is a list of such famous personalities with palindromic names:

• Nisio Isin - He is Japanese novelist and manga writer.
• Lon Nol - He was the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
• Robert Trebor - He is an American character actor.
• Revilo P. Oliver - He was an American professor.

Examples of Palindromic Words

• Pop
• Alula
• Radar
• Deed
• Mom
• Dad
• Noon
• Eye
• Madam
• Kayak
• Racecar
• Reifier
• Rotator
• Sexes
• Tenet
• Level
• Aibohphobia
• Civic
• Evitative
• Malayalam

Short Examples of Palindromes

• We sew.
• Nurses run.
• Yo, banana boy!
• Never ever even.
• Tell a ballet.
• Do geese see God?
• Never odd or even.
• Step on no pets.
• Murder for a jar of red rum.
• Race fast, safe car!
• Yawn a more Roman way.
• Ya! Pizza zip pizazz! I pay.
• God saw I was dog.
• Was it a rat I saw?
• So many dynamos!
• "Rum... rum..." I murmur.
• Pull up if I pull up.
• Oh, cameras are macho.
• Norma is as selfless as I am, Ron.
• Tuna roll or a nut?

Long Palindrome Examples

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned!

Do good? I? No! Evil anon I deliver. I maim nine more hero-men in Saginaw, sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I - lo! - rack, cut a drowsy rat in Aswan. I gas nine more hero-men in Miami. Reviled, I (Nona) live on. I do, O God!

Name no side in Eden, I'm mad! A maid I am, Adam mine; denied is one man. Name not one man.

POW, ami! O' Gad, ami! Go hang a salami, doc! Note; I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. I'm a lasagna hog. I'm a dago! I'm a wop!

T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot-toilet.

Once you notice that 'decaf' backward is 'faced,' it is but the work of a moment to invent the indignant complaint of a coffee drinker confronting the absence of regular coffee: 'I faced decaf! I!!' The same process yields a tailor's cranky opinion ('Knits stink!') and a travel agent's apology to a volcanologist: 'Avalon? No lava . . .'

Palindrome Word Squares

N	E	T
E	W	E
T	E	N

S	T	E	P
T	I	M	E
E	M	I	T
P	E	T	S

F	A	R	A	D
A	L	E	D	A
R	E	B	E	R
A	D	E	L	A
D	A	R	A	F

The list of palindrome examples is quite long and the aforementioned are a few of them. I hope you enjoyed reading these funny examples of palindromes.