Word: anagram
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...Poach it, (w)horr(e)!” is an anagram of your name. How do you intend to overcome this anagram and reach out to female voters...
...Anagrams have developed into a pastime and tradition in Dunster, where a handful of word-lovers frequently gather together to make friends, make enemies and enhance their vocabularies. Legend has it that the game of anagrams was invented by those who yearned for a challenge greater than Scrabble, but it failed to garner the same popularity. It survives today wherever true enthusiasts feel compelled to pass the torch on to neo-nerds. Self-described “aging permutator” Daniel Bosch, an Expos preceptor and a former resident tutor of Dunster House, introduced the game to the House...
...That’s the best you can get?”, “That’s pathetic!” or “How original!” are frequently accompanied by a roll of the eyes. Referring to the former anagram master Bosch, Daniels chides Eisenkraft, “Daniel wouldn’t allow that!” to which Eisenkraft sneers, “Well, Daniel’s not here...
...Boxerjam.com, the most elementary of Internet diversions, has four word games for self-proclaimed anagram and crossword aficionados. "Out of Order," seemingly the most popular with over 2,000 players at one time, scrambles words in sentences and famous quotes--the first to unscramble the words gets the most points. Linguistics concentrators and English majors may be stumped however; these words are supremely pop-culturesque or simply arcane. Chatting away in a box below the game action, contestants try to destroy each other's concentration with annoying comments...
...Herald story is attributed to "Vernon Baislin," who is not listed in the Yale student directory or on the masthead of the newspaper. Andrew Krause, a managing editor of the Herald, explained that the name is an anagram of one of the newspaper's staffers, Brian Levinson...