A word or phrase that, when spelled backwards, produces a different word or phrase. While a palindrome spells the same word both forwards and backwards, an emordnilap spells a different word each way.

Palindrome and emordnilap are emordnilaps, and therefore ‘emordnilap palindrome’ is a palindrome.

Emordnilap => Palindrome
Desserts => Stressed

Drawer => Reward
Evil => Live

Emordnilap by jade the bubble eye goldfish December 28, 2024

Emordnilap

Sort of the opposite of a palindrome. Words that aren't identical when the letters are reversed, but those that have their meaning changed.

desserts is the emordnilap of stressed

Emordnilap by defnotchronicallyonline April 3, 2025

Emordnilap

A word that when spelled backwards, generates an entirely new word.

Some examples of emordnilaps include, but are not limited to:
Emordinlap --> Palindrome
Star --> Rats
Stressed --> Desserts
Issac --> Cassi

Emordnilap by Glitchurr November 23, 2025

Semordnilap

Words that, when spelled backwards, produce another word.

Examples:

Room - Moor
Desserts - Stressed

Mood - Doom
Drawer - Reward
Time - Emit
Regal - Lager
Swam - Maws

Synonyms: "Semordnilaps are also known as heteropalindromes, semi-palindromes, half-palindromes, reversgrams, reversible anagrams, word reversals, or anadromes. They have also sometimes been called antigrams, though this term now usually refers to anagrams with opposing meanings." Source : Wikidictionary

Also sometimes known as an emordnilap. Some may consider semordnilap to be the plural form.

Q. If the queen buys a pint, does that make it a regal lager?
A. Dude, that's a semordnilap

Semordnilap by CaMo21 October 9, 2014

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026