longest palindrome

[dgillz]

What is the longest palindrome in the English language? I am told it is "redivider" but I would love some confirmation of this one way or another.

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[sicktrick]

poor dan is in a droop

 

[dgillz]

That is a palidromic sentence, not a single word.

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[Dimandja]

Redivider" is indeed the longest.

Unless of course we allow "detartrated" -- described as "a contrived chemical term.

In South Carolina, there is supposedly a 'swamp' called "Wassamassaw", and it's supposed to be 'indian' for "the ugliest thing you ever saw".

 

[CajunCenturion]

By definition, a palindrome can be a word, phrase, sentence, or even number. But since you're looking for a word, I submit the following:

[COLOR=white white]Tattarrattat[/color]

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[dgillz]

Tattarrattat? Do you have a meaning for it? I found nothing on dictionary.com

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[donbott]

Sounds like drum music notation to me - been a while though

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[CajunCenturion]

The word does appear in the OED2.

[COLOR=white white]The word was used in 1922 by James Joyce in [i]Ulysses[/b]:  "I knew his tattarrattat at the door."[/color]

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[dgillz]

What is the OED2?

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[MakeItSo]

The Oxford English Dictionary.
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[ZoomerZ]

If writer makes up the word - does this word becomes legitiment just because? When the word becomes legit actually? I think Tat-tar-rat-tat is a simply drum sound as we knock on a door and can'be considered )

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> If writer makes up the word - does this word becomes legitiment just because?
I would answer that question No. Just because a writer makes up a word would necessarily make it a legitimate puzzle answer. Jabberwocky comes to mind.

On the other hand, if a word is included in the OED2, then I think it's a different question.

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[Dimandja]

To call "tattarrattat" a word, is a stretch.

This 'word' is known as a 'nonce word' (a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion ). Also, OED2 shows a single use in 1922 by James Joyce in Ulysses: "I knew his tattarrattat at the door".

However, I reserve the right to use it in my next Scrabble game.

 

[CajunCenturion]

However, I reserve the right to use it in my next Scrabble game.

And when you do, and you're asked about it, will be consistent in your opinion and call it a stretch then too?

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[Dimandja]

>And when you do, and you're asked about it, will be consistent in your opinion and call it a stretch then too?

I don't need to remind you that "words" such as these are Scrabble fodder. So, no. This "word" is perfect for Scrabble -- they won't see it coming.

In fact, pointing my opponents to the single use of the "word" in OED2 will guarantee that I get the points, without any further arguments. Ironic, isn't it?

 

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[SantaMufasa]

Are we going to allow Norvig's 17,259-word, 72,046-letter palindrome at

http://www.norvig.com/pal2txt.html?

'Mark Saltveit, editor of The Palindromist, points out that Norvig's creation should not be called a true palindrome, because it makes no sense.'

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[ESquared]

It's a poor palindrome indeed that doesn't make some kind of sense. In any case, the original poster here was asking for single-word palindromes.

See the other thread I just started for inventing multiple-word palindromes.

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[BobRodes]

I would say that a writer can make up a word, and if it becomes part of general usage, it eventually is recognized as a legitimate word. From Jabberwocky, "chortled" is such a word, I believe. Also, I believe that Shakespeare made up a good number of them, although I don't have examples to give.