It’s Friday, a day for fun! I know, I unpacked our adjectives yesterday, but those can wait until Monday. I have a new book to share with you called Tyrannosaurus Lex: The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, & Other Delightful & Outrageous Wordplay, by Rod L. Evans, Ph.D. (I believe Mr. Evans was paid by the word for that title!)
From the introduction of the Aptanagrams (Chapter 1):
Whole words can be hidden in other words by rearranging their letters, as when news becomes sewn. Such transformations are called anagrams, and aptanagram (ap-TAN-uh-gram) can be used to describe an anagram of an extraordinary kind. As its name suggests, it’s an anagram that forms an apt word (phrase or sentence).
For your Friday viewing pleasure, I have selected some of the more clever, less offensive items from this collection.
a decimal point = I’m a dot in place
a shoplifter = has to pilfer
A stitch in time saves nine = Is this meant as incentive?
angered = enraged
asteroid threats = disaster to Earth
Clint Eastwood = old west action
considerate = care is noted
conversation = voices rant on
dormitory = dirty room
election results = lie, let’s recount
eleven + two = twelve + one
fir cones = conifers
hibernates = the bear’s in
punishment = nine thumps
rats and mice = in cat’s dream
the eyes = they see
Western Union = no wire unsent
Kara Church
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