User:Stycookism

A stycookism is an english literary term for a word which when spelled backwards has an alternate meaning. Unlike anagrams, a stycookism has the letters in exact reversed order rather then jumbled up. It differs from palindromes, in that the meaning is different in both directions, and must be only one word in both directions.

Examples:

dog is a stycookism of god

live is a stycookism of evil

tons is a stycookism of snot

ton is a stycookism of not

ten is a stycookism of net

tool is a stycookism of loot

pool is a stycookism of loop

HISTORY
On the fateful hour of 9:06 PM (PST), Andrew Stych and Daniel Cook were discussing fake names for avoiding market researchers at the local large chain grocery store. Andrew suggested the name Natasha because the meaning differs in either direction. This was a natural segue for the contemplation of the word live (now known as a stycookism of evil). The two intrepid heroes then began an exhaustive 8 minute internet research project, only to discover that the term did not exist. They further consulted a local English grammarian, who confirmed that the only similar terms were palindrome and anagram. Dismayed at the incomplete nature of the english language, the two bravely took action and invented the term.