Greater Victoria schools are on board with the word levidrome. École Willows Elementary, Sir James Douglas, Doncaster, Braefoot, St. Michaels University School, Lakehill Elementary are among the local schools making boards of levidrome words.

Levidrome is the word created by SMUS second-grader Levi Budd. The now 7 year-old, first made a pitch to get it in the dictionary with a video late last year. The definition is a word that contains the same lettering but spells a different word when written backwards. The simplest example being pots and stop.

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It got attention early, with additions to , most recently around the time young Levi turned seven last month. It was also accepted by the WebsterB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Open Source Dictionary of user submitted words.

Dictionary became aware of the campaign through a tweet from famed Canadian actor William Shatner and responded with its own video.

Oxford editor John Kelly recently took to social media to assure fans of the new word that itB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s still under scrutiny as a word in every day use B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ their criteria for addition.

New this month: word search in the edition of snapd! Thanks students in for your list of words in the search! Join & ask to include in the dictionary!

B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” snapd Beach (@snapdBeaDan)

Grammar bloggers and local businesses are on board with the boards and thereB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s even a new social media levidrome sign game going around the world. People post a photo of a sign with a levidrome in it and then challenge others to the same.

Look at this sign that was for sale on - x2. Tram/mart and stop/pots!

B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” Kate (@kateofcanada)

Then there are the beers. It started with one in Sweden, and another in Illinois with the slogan: After one taste of this beer, the dictionary will want to cement the word into the history books.

Help spread the word (hehe!) about and let's get this fantastic new word into the dictionary! And come down and add your own levidromes to our display as you think of them.

B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” Munro's Books (@MunrosBooks)