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semordnilap - a mild psychological disorder, newly-named in DSMV, for inverting the normal grammatcial order of words in a sentence, most frequently observed in native English speakers learning German.
As the pretty German girl whose boyfriend had stayed in Berlin swayed away with a glance back over her shoulder at him, he winked back at her and his semordnilap kicked in as he murmured "When the cat on a journey is, dance the mice!"
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06-20-2010, 03:00 PM
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semordnilap - single malt Scotch whisky. The name itself is derived from Gaelic 'se' (head) Norse 'mord' (kill) and Anglo-Saxon 'lap' (drink by savouring it with the tongue).
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06-21-2010, 06:19 AM
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semordnilap, n. |
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06-22-2010, 10:41 AM
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semordnilap - the perception of seeing whole words backwards; an advanced form of dyslexia.
When the school counsellor discovered Ezor's semordnilap, he shook his head sadly, and wrote out his prescription backwards, so she could read it.
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06-22-2010, 02:05 PM
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Spone to Proonerisms
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sem*ord*nil*ap - a situation where half of the chicago airport is nullified by journalists
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06-24-2010, 10:41 PM
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semordnilap -the name of newest smart phone ap that lets you know if you're operating within all local, city, state and federal ordinances.
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06-25-2010, 08:33 AM
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Semordnilap - Illegitimate sister of Grendel
Semordnilap was at a sleepover at her girlfriend Aixelsyd's lair when Beowulf showed up at her ancestral home, and so escaped to Lithuania, where she terrorized the population until a dwarf named Frawd used a straight-backed chair and a regimental tie to subdue her.
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06-25-2010, 01:38 PM
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semordnilap:
The act of observing that there is more or less nothing to see, and then putting the observation itself completely out of one's mind. Homer slept soundly most of the night certain that forgetting whether or not he reviewed the pressure relief standby valve settings, was proof that he semordnilaped the safety check, probably sometime between a doughnut break, and that all was well...until the reactor alarms went off at 4am...d'oh |
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07-06-2010, 07:03 PM
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Judging "pretty soon"
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07-07-2010, 04:38 PM
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A semordnilap is a word or phrase that reads differently when read backwards.
Words like 'fish' and 'exasperation', and phrases like 'cellar door' are semordnilaps, along with most words and phrases in most languages. |
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07-07-2010, 08:05 PM
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^
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07-08-2010, 09:24 AM
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^^^ why ont say
the judging has been Postphoned?
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07-08-2010, 03:23 PM
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semordnilap - a postponed judgment
He began the judgment "What an astonishingly ugly face", but it became a semordnilap when he saw the even more astonishing .45 caliber barrel six inches from his nose.
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07-11-2010, 06:04 AM
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That's brilliant! Judging has been postponed for a "little while." But boy oh boy is it going to be a doozy by the time I'm done with it, maybe!
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07-29-2010, 12:10 AM
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One more definition, I think, will really inspire me to judge. I'm sure of it.
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