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[โ€“] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Chiasmus...A B B A

Is this where ABBA got their name from? Mind blown.

[โ€“] sushibowl@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago

Not really, no. ABBA is the first letters of all the band members' names, arranged as a palindrome.

Although, chiasmus is kind of a grammatical palindrome if you squint real hard. So in that sense, kinda.