levanton
n.— «Give ‘Em a Boost!…Déles Un Levantón!» —“Child Booster Seats” by State of Calif. California Highway Patrol Sept. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel...
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