palindromic words for palindromes

[JamesEverton]

Palindrome, as a word, has a good feel to it but I can't help thinking that it's a missed opportunity. It would feel much more satisfying if palindrome was itself palindromic and we used the word 'palindrome' to mean something else ('the moment's fearful anticipation between stubbing one's toe and receiving the sensation of pain,' perhaps?)

Are there any languages which have a palindromic word that means 'palindrome'?

[Quizmonster]

Why don't you start using 'rotator' instead of 'palindrome'? After all, a palindrome is a word which reads the same if you rotate it and 'rotator' is certainly palindromic.

[copippin]

Or you could say it as emordnilapic which might make folk think and even try and find it in the dictionary;could be just as satifying!

[Peter Pedant]

oh god Jas you should be doing math logic. Chap 1 always discusses words that are self descriptive. And you are wonderinng if there are palindromic words for palindrome. These would indeed be self-descriptive.

Unfotruatnely you have noticed that palidromic is not a palidrome and so is erm non-self descriptive - or doesnt describe itself.

now,let us ask ourselves just because it is midnight, is non-self descriptive,non self descritpive ?

because - take a deep breath, if it doesnt describe itself, it is non-self-descritpive and so describes itself.

Yessirree

and of course,if non-self-descritpive desribes itself then it is non-self-descriptive and doesnt describe itself.

Ha ! math logic is more fun than wondering if rotator is sufficiently palindromic to describe itself - huh ?

See Boolos and Jeffry Computatability and Logic or Cutland COmputability. I bet your little hands are reaching out to Amazon as you read this!