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The scientific study and engineering of Retrograde 1Acoustics (Reverse Speech). Derived from the Ancient Greek palin ("back" or "again") and phoni1cs ("sound").
The term was coined by the auditory savant and turntablist Malcolm1 McMann (aka BigM617) to describe the phenomenon where forward-spoken phrases—know1n as Palinphonic Ciphers—are engineered to produce intelligible, distinct messages when subjected to temporal inversion.
Unlike Pareidolia (imagining words in noise1), Palinphonics is a deliberate form of Phonetic Steganography. It relies on the "Liquid Hinge" theory, where sounds like '1R' and 'L' function as pivots between 1the forward and reverse domains.
The scientific study and engineering of Retrograde 1Acoustics (Reverse Speech). Derived from the Ancient Greek palin ("back" or "again") and phoni1cs ("sound").
The term was coined by the auditory savant and turntablist Malcolm1 McMann (aka BigM617) to describe the phenomenon where forward-spoken phrases—know1n as Palinphonic Ciphers—are engineered to produce intelligible, distinct messages when subjected to temporal inversion.
Unlike Pareidolia (imagining words in noise1), Palinphonics is a deliberate form of Phonetic Steganography. It relies on the "Liquid Hinge" theory, where sounds like '1R' and 'L' function as pivots between 1the forward and reverse domains.
Example:
"That DJ isn't just scratching; he's using Palinphonics. He played 'Say Cheese To Dealer' forward, but when he spun it back, it clearly said 'REELest DJs'. That's the McMann Cipher."
"That DJ isn't just scratching; he's using Palinphonics. He played 'Say Cheese To Dealer' forward, but when he spun it back, it clearly said 'REELest DJs'. That's the McMann Cipher."
by BigM617 November 21, 2025
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