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Even more minimalist: (I) AM MA.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
I've learned one interesting thing. An anagram of this sort, where the anagram and the original are identical in meaning, is called an anugram(!). I couldn't find anything to suggest that this particular anugram is due to either Lewis Carroll or Charles Dodgson.

A topical anugram for today:

MARGARET THATCHER = THAT GREAT CHARMER

(No, I didn't make it up myself...)

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Anbd, from a few years back - commenting on the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, the doughty
REV IAN PAISLEY = VILE IRA PANSY


I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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