Home is where funny names reside – if you're lucky
I love being at home.
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I love being at home.
We all know examples of palindromes: taco cat, racecar, kayak, Hannah. A palindrome is a word that, when spelled backward, is the same word.
I live in a house built around the year 1890. My neighborhood is called “Old Town,” for obvious reasons.
There’s a good reason I haven’t shared a roundup of new dictionary words in a while – the people over at Merriam-Webster haven’t added any new words since October 2021.
I promise I’m not trying to get this song stuck in your head, but its lyrics illustrate the language term I want to discuss. And I promise I wouldn’t bring