WordWays, the increasingly odd journal of recreational linguistics, has an article by ANIL that consists of anagrams of words that define the words. He covers A-C in the current issue. Here are a few:

Abandon = A and no B

Ambidextrously = mix at L/R body use

Amphitheatre = a hear-them pit

Astuteness = taut senses

Awakened = a dawn “Eek!”

Billiards = I rid balls

Capture = crate up

Circular = I curl arc

Cogito ego sum = micro ego gusto

Cough medicine = Chug, I’m codeine

No, none match the classic “Astronomers = moon starers.”

Have any favorites of your own?

At the WordWays site are some samples from the magazine, including some clever “word palindromes” collected by Will Shortz.

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