{"id":1162,"date":"2015-01-28T19:22:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T03:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2015-05-09T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T02:25:17","slug":"porpalmanogism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/porpalmanogism\/","title":{"rendered":"Porpalmanogism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Postaday for January 28th: Play Lexicographer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Create a new word and explain its meaning and etymology.<\/em><\/p>\n

A palintext<\/em> is a context created such that a particular word has the same meaning when spelled backwards. For example, consider the following sentence:<\/p>\n

He worshiped a canine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With this sentence, a dog<\/em> is a god<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The water coursed through the moldy pipes, a lupine creature darting through a forest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With this sentence, a flow<\/em> is a wolf<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The word palintext<\/em> is an example of a portmanteau<\/em>, a word created by fusing two words together, to create a meaning that combines the words\u2019 meanings. In this case, palintext<\/em> is a portmanteau of palindrome<\/em> and context<\/em>. A portmanteau can be considered a neologism<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the creation of a palintext requires the creation of a neologism. For example:<\/p>\n

I created a creature that scans for small objects for the purpose of retrieving them, specifically small spherical objects that have been thrown some distance. I did this by way of repeated conjoinings of somewhat similar creatures, until I achieved a creature with four legs, a longish snout, and short hair in either blonde, brown, or black. The scanning is not unlike radar, and since the small objects retrieved are balls, that roll, I call this creature a rolled radar ball retriever, or rodarbal for short. My wife insists on calling it a Labrador <\/em>retriever. But then, she\u2019s insane, and requires medication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the above, rodarbal<\/em> is a neologism and a portmanteau. A word created in this way merely for the sake of creating a pallintext is porpalmanogism<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In so far as most pallintexts are terrible, all portpalmanogisms are truly awful, and their creators should be, at the very least, insulted repeatedly, perhaps\u00a0even burned at the stake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Postaday for January 28th: Play Lexicographer.\u00a0Create a new word and explain its meaning and etymology. A palintext is a context created such that a particular word has the same meaning when spelled backwards. For example, consider the following sentence: He worshiped a canine. With this sentence, a dog is a god. The water coursed through … <\/p>\n

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