ambigram

== English == === Etymology === From ambi- +‎ -gram. Coined by Douglas Hofstadter in 1983-1984. === Noun === ambigram (plural ambigrams) A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees. 1997, Research and Education Networking, Volume 8, Issues 1-6, page 290, An ambigram is a word that reads the same right-side-up and upside-down. MOW is a natural ambigram, for instance, but any word can be flipped if the right graphic artist gets his hands on it. ==== Translations ==== === References ===