# Is there a name for back-to-back reversed words?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442 "2012-03-11T03:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![petew83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442/1 "2012-03-11T03:55:26Z")

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For example: “According to Chinese tradition, the **saw was** invented by Lu Ban.”

Is there a name for when two consecutive words are ‘mirrors’ of one another? Also, can you think of any other commonly occurring examples?

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442/2 "2012-03-11T04:07:33Z")

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I’d probably call it something like a [palindromic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome) word pair.

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**Author:** ![petew83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442/3 "2012-03-11T05:25:39Z")

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“Palindromic word pair” (or something of the like) does seem to be the going descriptor. I was actually pondering something like “reversophones”. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442/4 "2012-03-11T05:34:47Z")

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The most awesome collection of palindromes ever, set to music - [Weird Al’s song, “Bob.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg) 😃

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-back-to-back-reversed-words/615442/5 "2012-03-12T12:03:38Z")

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The president of Palindrome Society was given a brand new car for his 25th year with the Society.

A Toyota