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Reaganagram en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Reagan + anagram, after the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare) An anagram of the name Ronald Wilson Reagan.
    • I would like to thank the net for ... connecting me to Mike Morton of Dartmouth, who ... happens to have a collection of the best "Reaganagrams" around! 1984 April 24, James A. Woods, “The holoalphabetic "Jocks vend, fix, quartz BMW glyph."”, in net.puzzle (Usenet):
    • Several readers were inspired to construct Reaganagrams of their own. John Henrick felt NO, DARLINGS, NO ERA LAW was a "magnificent specimen destined to surpass all others ever"[.] 1984 August, “Colloquy”, in Word Ways, page 146:
    • Some may prefer the Reaganagram 'insane Anglo warlord'. 1997 January 11, Ucalegon, “Richard Nixon anagram?”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
    • [Pleased, Dmitri Borgmann pointed] out that ... insane Anglo warlord [was] a human-generated Reaganagram. 1986 October, Scot Morris, “Wordplay”, in Omni, page 183:

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