Wordsmith.org
Posted By: NicholasW ananym - 07/12/01 03:00 PM
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.


Posted By: wwh Re: ananym - 07/12/01 03:25 PM
"Ananym" ought to be brought out of obscurity by the word game enthusiasts.

Posted By: wow Re: ananym - 07/12/01 11:15 PM
Hey! Finally! a grammar name I can remember without an aide memoire!
Thank you

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! - 07/13/01 03:26 AM
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!

Posted By: wow Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! - 07/14/01 02:41 PM
fill-in for tsuwm while he's gone

Oh my Gawd! Fill in for tsuwm? UM-posssible.
Does this mean I have to resign?

Posted By: Alex Williams Re: All Hail to the Royal Graduate! - 07/14/01 11:45 PM
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.

Posted By: Jackie Re: ananym - 07/15/01 05:03 AM
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.




© Wordsmith.org