Maybe I can get some help from fellow Neatoramanauts, or, perhaps Miss C, herself, with something which has puzzled me for years. I'm a word nerd -- crosswords, word puzzle games, puns, etymologies, etc. Words interest me.As this article clearly states, palindromes are, indeed "words or phrases that are spelled the same forward and backward". But, within some of these very same "phrases", and, even more in "stand-alone" instances, if you look, you'll find words that spell OTHER words when read backwards.

The one that jumped out at me from the article is "maps", which, to make a palindrome, has to always be contained within a phrase that also contains the word "spam". Maps is spam spelled backwards. Similarly, "sleep" backwards is "peels" (so far, the longest one I've come up with is "stressed", which is "desserts" backwards). Once, sitting in a bar doing college English homework, I took a break and tried to come up with some that might be actual person's names: Wolley (pronounced "Wally" Wollem, Rebbor Knab. (Yeah, that one's a stretch, but, so are Yreba Bakery and (ew!) "semordinlap palindromes".) My "nom de 'Net" since the Prodigy BBS in 1992 is Elba Kramer.And, no, it's not _actually_ a registered copyright, that's just been my conceit and "signature/identifier" since people started using !elbakrameR on websites where I hadn't gotten there and laid claim first. There's some guy who goes by Marc Cram, also. But, technically, that's a palindrome!

So, finally, my question: is there an official term, like "palindrome", for words that spell different words when reversed? I've even asked this question of English professors, and none had any answer, except to say that they'd probably just be lumped-in with anagrams. If not, that's unacceptable. These words need their own name and recognition! Any help or suggestions the readers or Miss C can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Believe it or not, the commercial for these things already has the appropriate song to make them indispensable to the target demographic, children of the 70's Disco era.

"I'm gonna put on (sing with me...) my my my my my BURGER SHOES..." If they sell, there are plans in the works for a fanny-pack to allow one to "(Milk)shake, shake shake..." aw, you get it!

I'm pretty sure Gil is based on Jack Lemmon. Perhaps, the character Jack played in "Tribute".

I once did a spot-on, note-for-note (read: off-key, with Cockney accent) karaoke of The Sex Pistols version of the song in a redneck bar in an Atlanta suburb, and, almost got killed myelf.

It probably didn't help that, in my intro, I dedicated it to anyone in the audience who didn't think of WWE when they heard the name "Sid Vicious". Or, perhaps it was the "Today, I killed a ca-a-a-a-at / And, may I say / Not in the gay way..." lyric.

Ah, fun times!

*shrug* "Kids today! What can ya' do, though, really?..."

"Talking heads proclaim that the public is due an explanation, and that the story simply isn’t going to go away without a public accounting of who (Tiger) had done what (or whom, as it were implied)."

Where were these "talking heads" when the last Republican Vice-President shot an octagenarian POINT-BLANK in the FACE with a shotgun?

Remake. Let's get that remake out of the way, first. Remake, remake, remake. Just like a musical version of "Hairspray" is a remake of the classic John Water's film, "CATCF" is a remake of my very first favorite movie, "WWATCF". And, it stunk for every single reason mentioned here.

Deep Roy just skeeved me. Depp disappointed. I fell asleep watching the remake, TWICE.

I remember reading a blurb in a magazine about the then PLANNED "remakes" (quotes because that's what it stated in the article)of Wonka, and, another favorite movie of mine, "Rock 'n' Roll High School", and really wanting to see both. I now thank the studio powers that be that the remake of "R'n'RHS" hasn't happened. Who would/could replace The Ramones in a remake? Maybe the Beastie Boys.

Which reminds me... both the Ramones AND "Rock 'n' Roll High School" would make for excellent Trivia topics.

I would love a JOOST! invite. I'm usually WAY behind the curve on these kinds of things. :)

Thanx