<p>PALINDROMES are words or sentences that read the same backward or forward. Here are some of our favorites (from “HOW STUFF WORKS”)</p><p>1. Go hang a salami. I'm a lasagna hog.</p><p>2. Do geese see God?</p><p>3. Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?</p><p>4. Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?</p><p>5. A nut for a jar of tuna.</p><p>6. Dennis and Edna sinned.</p><p>7. Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo</p><p>8. A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!</p><p>9. Ana, nab a banana.</p><p>10. Borrow or rob?</p><p>11. Vanna, wanna V?</p><p>12. We panic in a pew.</p><p>13. Never odd or even.</p><p>14. Madam in Eden, I'm Adam.</p><p>15. Murder for a jar of red rum.</p><p>An OXYMORON is a combination of words that contradict each other. </p><p>1. virtual reality</p><p>2. original copy</p><p>3. old news</p><p>4. act naturally</p><p>5. pretty ugly</p><p>6. living dead</p><p>7. jumbo shrimp</p><p>8. rolling stop</p><p>9. constant variable 10. exact estimate</p><p>11. paid volunteers</p><p>12. civil war</p><p>13. sound of silence</p><p>14. clever fool</p><p>15. only choice</p><p>A PANGRAM, or holoalphabetic sentence, includes every letter of the alphabet at least once. The most challenging pangrams are the ones with the fewest letters. Here are a few of the best.</p><p>1. Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex. (28 letters)</p><p>2. Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. (29 letters)</p><p>3. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters)</p><p>4. Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz. (30 letters)</p><p>5. Five quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed. (31 letters)</p><p>6. The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters)</p><p>7. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters)</p><p>8. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (35 letters)</p><p>9. Jinxed wizards pluck ivy from the big quilt. (36 letters)</p><p>10. Crazy Fredrick bought many very exquisite opal jewels. (46 letters)</p><p>11. We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize. (50 letters)</p><p>12. A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent. (54 letters)</p><p>13. Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward. (55 letters)</p><p>14. The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner. (55 letters)</p><p>CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen</p>