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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ananym #35418 07/12/01 03:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW OP enthusiast OP NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London Posted a little while back: Is there a -nym for words that are a different word when read backwards, like "dog" and "god," or "pot" and "top"? There was an answer but it didn't mention ananym, which is the only word I know for this. In preparing to post this, I researched it and found it's a very obscure word, so probably a recent invention. It seems to have a specific meaning of a reversed name adopted as a pseudonym. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ananym #35419 07/12/01 03:25 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Ananym" ought to be brought out of obscurity by the word game enthusiasts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ananym #35420 07/12/01 11:15 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Hey! Finally! a grammar name I can remember without an aide memoire! Thank you Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! #35421 07/13/01 03:26 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Wow, wow! I bow to our new High Priestess Pooh-Bah! Live long and prosper! Now you can assume your place on the Upper Echelon and fill-in for tsuwm while he's gone! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! #35422 07/14/01 02:41 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA fill-in for tsuwm while he's gone Oh my Gawd! Fill in for tsuwm? UM-posssible. Does this mean I have to resign? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! #35423 07/14/01 11:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: Does this mean I have to resign? Has anyone else ever noticed that by adding "s" to the middle of "reign" you get "resign"? Now that you're a pooh-bah watch out for stray esses or else one of them could end your reign. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ananym #35424 07/15/01 05:03 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky a reversed name adopted as a pseudonym. For ex., if Oprah used "Harpo"? That kind of thing? Frankly, the first thing I thought of when I saw this word was that but for one letter, it is the name of Anu's daughter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 365 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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