SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. G.H. have prioritized poliical satire and wordplay on this blog since its inception in 2016.
Today's verses have also been published at OEDILF.com
(Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form), an online humor dictionary website that has accumulated over 120,000 limericks, including over 900 that we have submitted (to date, i.e. December 2024, 820 have been finally published following their customary rigorous editing process). The OEDILFian code number for the completed submission is indicated at the bottom of each of our slides.
Incidentally, artwork including photos, as well as the poetry are the creation of this blog's author-editors (i.e. Dr.G. and Giorgio) unless otherwise indicated. With respect to the particular wordplay honoured here, the original 'inventors' of the classic palindromes have generally not been reported, and are best regarded as having been lost in the sands of time.
Today's verses have also been published at OEDILF.com
(Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form), an online humor dictionary website that has accumulated over 120,000 limericks, including over 900 that we have submitted (to date, i.e. December 2024, 820 have been finally published following their customary rigorous editing process). The OEDILFian code number for the completed submission is indicated at the bottom of each of our slides.
Incidentally, artwork including photos, as well as the poetry are the creation of this blog's author-editors (i.e. Dr.G. and Giorgio) unless otherwise indicated. With respect to the particular wordplay honoured here, the original 'inventors' of the classic palindromes have generally not been reported, and are best regarded as having been lost in the sands of time.
political palindromes, A - D
These palindromes were selected to display the simplest type of palindrome construction. A word such as 'debut', that creates an alternate English word when the letters are read in reverse order, is sometimes waggishly referred to as a 'SEMORDNILAP'. In any case, full speed ahead (ignore the punctuation)!
These palindromic phrases have a hinge-point unpaired letter in the very middle, e.g. the "T in 'TRAIL' in the first example. The hingepoint is the only letter that is not reflected by its mate in the opposite wing of the structure; and the total number of letters in such examples is always odd (e.g. 9 letters for 'liar trail'). Again, the punctuation is to be downplayed.
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
In a third and most arcane format for palindromic phrases, the dividing point between the two symmetric wings is a space between repeated letters in the middle of a word. This format is shown above with a vertical line for obses|ses and op|position; as with the hingepoint single letter in the middle of a word (like the 'v' in uneven), there is considerable puzzlement in understanding how these phrases can be constructed. Remember, that in any case, you will do best to ignore any punctuation.
Authors' Note: Any collection of palindromes, such as the above assemblage, is likely to present a mix of the various architectural formats discussed so far.
To proceed, go to the next set (E to G) of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES'.
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