What is a semordnilap?

[ChrisGreaves]

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The word “semordnilap” is “palindromes” spelt palindromically

Thus:-

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animal
deliver
looter
disaper
drawer
straw

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For those of you who like a little bit of VBA code:

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Function semordnilap(ByVal strWord As String) As String
    Dim strNewWord As String
    While Len(strWord) > 0
        strNewWord = strNewWord & Right(strWord, 1)
        strWord = Left(strWord, Len(strWord) - 1)
    Wend
    semordnilap = strNewWord
'Sub TESTSemordnilap()
'    MsgBox Semordnilap("Semordnilap")
'End Sub
'Sub TESTSemordnilap()
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("animal"))
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("deliver"))
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("looter"))
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("diaper"))
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("drawer"))
'    Debug.Assert Application.CheckSpelling(Semordnilap("straw"))
'End Sub
End Function

[John Gray]

Those aren't palindromes - they are simply word letter-reversals.

palindrome
noun
A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. madam or nurses run.
[my italics]

You should read all of these as a penance!
And add ailihphilia - the love of palindromes.

[ChrisGreaves]

Those aren't palindromes - they are simply word letter-reversals.

Oh!
Thanks John.
That's a bit of a reversal.

[PaulB]

disaper?? repasid??

[BobH]

Madam I'm Adam

or in Spanish

Nada, yo soy Adan!