Anagrams

Ever notice that “sauce” & “cause” use the same letters?

Anagram.

No, anagram has nothing to do with preparing for a colonoscopy.

An anagram is when the same exact letters of one word are rearranged to form one or more different words.

I happen to love all word games…Words With Friends, Scrabble, Word Blitz, Boggle, Word Find, etc…even though I only TIED for 1st place (with 2 others, Madeline LaLima & someone I can’t remember) in the 3rd grade spelling bee when none of us could spell “pigeon” correctly in the final round!!!!

BTW, “Pidgeon” is the actor Walter & no matter how many times you say “p-I-g-I-o-n” or “p-I-d-g-I-o-n”, it’ll always be wrong every time!

So very embarrassing & humiliating!

My personal favorite anagram is “medical”…declaim, decimal, claimed, camelid.

BTW, “maliced” is not a word & “Alice, MD” is a bit sketchy.

And, don’t forget, you need to use ALL the letters.

Here are some of the more amusing anagrams I’ve come across where the words/phrases actually have similar meanings as well…

(OK, sometimes, tongue in cheek…)

Dormitory > Dirty room

Schoolmaster > The classroom

Listen > Silent

The eyes > They see

Desperation > A rope ends it

Snooze alarms > Alas, no more Zs

Slot machine > Cash lost in me

Astronomer > Moon starer

The Morse code > Here come dots

Fourth of July > Joyful Fourth

The earthquakes > That queer shakes

Election results > Lies! Let’s recount

Eleven plus two > Twelve plus one

Conversation > Voices rant on

Funeral > Real fun

A gentleman > Elegant man

Decimal point > I’m a dot in place

Animosity > Is no amity

George Bush > He bugs Gore

Mother in law > Woman Hitler

Presbyterian > Best in prayer

Debit card > Bad credit

Bruce Springsteen > Creep brings tunes

Breasts > Bra sets

Hot water > Worth tea

The country side > No city dust here

Tom Cruise > So I’m cuter

Clothespins > So let’s pinch

Jay Leno > Enjoy LA

David Letterman > Nerd amid late TV

The Titanic disaster > Death, it starts in ice

Clint Eastwood > Old West Action

A telescope > To see places

Justin Timberlake > I’m a jerk, but listen

William Shakespeare > I’ll make a wise phrase

Statue of Liberty > Built to stay free

Shoplifter > Has to pilfer

Vegetarian > Ate in grave

Jennifer Anniston > Fine in torn jeans

Western Union > No wire unsent

🤚🏼 > ✋🏼

Waitress > A stew, Sir?

A domesticated animal > Docile, as a man tamed it

Christmas > Trims cash

Actor Sylvester Stallone > Very cool talentless star

And last, but certainly, not least…

Darling, I love you > Avoiding our yell

🙂 > 🙁

As always, thank you so much for listening!

P.S.  And here are some pretty extraordinary ones contributed by my Citi buddy, Linda Weatherford-Papa…

1 – Racecar
2 – Dammit, I’m mad
3 – Never odd or even
4 – Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas
5 – Marge lets Norah see Sharon’s telegram
6 – Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
7 – Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.

WOW!  < that’s mine! 🤪