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TATTARRATTAT is the longest palindrome in the OED2, which calls it a nonce word. The OED2 shows a single use in 1992 by which author?
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  1. kiz_paws's Avatar
    TATTARRATTAT was invented by James Joyce (1922) and used in Ulysses.
  2. WriterAtTheSea's Avatar
    Bingo! You are correct Kiz Paws!