I love palindromes. Is it the OCD? Is it the math nerd in me? Is it the symmetry? Then what could it be? I don’t know. But whereas other people are excited about their car’s mileage reaching 100,000 miles, I am excited when it hits 132,231. And lots of other numbers. Like 47,874. Or 2,332. And when I am bored somewhere, I will often try to make up new palindromes.
In case you are not aware, or have not figured it out by now, a palindrome can be read the same backward and forward. Those numbers up there, it doesn’t matter if you start at the number on the left and move right, or the number at the right and move left. They are the same number. And words are even more fun! Words like “Racecar,” and phrases like “God’s dog” are so interesting to me. But it’s not easy to come up with new ones. Even when I think I’ve come up with a good one, like “To order a red root” or “Llama Mall,” a simple internet search reveals that someone else has already thought of it first.
One way to ensure that your palindrome will be unique is to make it as long as possible. The longer the phrase, the less likely it is to be a palindrome. Yes, there are some famous long ones, such as “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama,” and “Go hang a salami; I’m a lasagna hog,” but generally, for reasons that should be quite clear, shorter palindromes are more common. And you can always try to use words or phrases that are somewhat uncommon themselves. New words or recent celebrity names also make good paldindrome fodder. I’m pretty sure nobody from last century has attempt to create any palindromes out of the words “Blu-Ray Player” or “Justin Bieber.” They may have tried it with “teapot” or “elephant” though.
And so, just to get these out on the internet before anyone else thinks of them, here are some new palindromes that, if you are weird like me, you may enjoy.
Eva, can I sue Zeus in a cave?