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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread On Beyond Spooner #130436 07/21/04 09:30 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,534 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,534 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA There is an Official Name for that kind of wordplay involving inversion of letters or sounds from a common phrase: Puzzlewonks call it "Chiasmus." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Why a mouse when it spins? wofahulicodoc 07/14/04 09:57 PM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? Faldage 07/14/04 10:53 PM Re: duck! tsuwm 07/15/04 01:50 AM Re: duck! Faldage 07/15/04 10:35 AM Re: duck! wow 07/15/04 02:04 PM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? AnnaStrophic 07/15/04 11:40 AM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? Flatlander 07/15/04 04:00 PM I'm sure I've heard this one before... wofahulicodoc 07/15/04 09:14 PM Re: I'm sure I've heard this one before... Faldage 07/16/04 12:18 AM This is where the New Caledonians get off wofahulicodoc 07/16/04 01:35 AM New Caledonians TEd Remington 07/16/04 07:52 AM Re: New Caledonians Faldage 07/16/04 11:00 AM Re: New Caledonians TEd Remington 07/16/04 11:19 AM Re: New Caledonians Faldage 07/17/04 12:33 AM Re: New Caledonians RhubarbCommando 07/21/04 07:19 PM (which AIN'T a pun!) TEd Remington 07/21/04 08:29 PM Yeahbut® AnnaStrophic 07/21/04 08:51 PM How do you spell it? TEd Remington 07/22/04 12:01 PM Re: How do you spell it? AnnaStrophic 07/22/04 12:03 PM Re: (which AIN'T a pun!) belMarduk 07/22/04 12:52 PM Re: (which AIN'T a pun!) amemeba 07/24/04 10:21 AM SDS is not only a 60s radical campus organization wofahulicodoc 07/21/04 09:25 PM Re: oy scare 'n' peer of knees jheem 07/21/04 09:25 PM On Beyond Spooner wofahulicodoc 07/21/04 09:30 PM Re: New Caledonians wofahulicodoc 07/16/04 09:26 PM Re: New Caledonians Zed 07/16/04 10:32 PM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? Faldage 07/15/04 11:00 PM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? Flatlander 07/22/04 11:37 AM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? GBH 11/22/13 07:51 PM Re: Why a mouse when it spins? Cowboy_Monkey 04/18/15 08:46 PM Not cured, collect $200. Five times. wofahulicodoc 04/19/15 12:40 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 759 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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