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- noun A name written backward, as Noremac for Cameron.
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- noun obsolete A
pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards; seeanagram .
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n. - a teller of untruths; liar (from a follower of the apostles who was struck dead for lying) ananym
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anydelirium commented on the word ananym
One's name written backwards as a pseudonym.
-muiriledyna
March 1, 2008
pomegranate commented on the word ananym
You mean "Bob"? "Anna"? "Eve"?
March 1, 2008
anydelirium commented on the word ananym
Well, those would be palindromes, though I guess they could count if you were using them as a pen name. Kind of defeats the purpose though, right?
March 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word ananym
But if my name was Bob and I used the pen name "Bob", surely no-one would suspect that my real name was Bob? Sounds like a perfect plan!
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ananym
So when an ananym is a palindrome is it possible for an emordnilap to be a mynana? Quick, there's a list in this.
March 1, 2008
anydelirium commented on the word ananym
Aha! It's an ingenious plan!
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ananym
Yes we have no mynanas!
March 1, 2008
anydelirium commented on the word ananym
Ooh. Oooh, that was just- well, I'm not sure if that was really good or really, really bad.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ananym
boB, annA, evE, etanargemop.
March 1, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word ananym
JM wonders if his ananym is a true pseudo name or merely a eman oduesp eurt?
August 13, 2010
oroboros commented on the word ananym
See https://www.wordnik.com/lists/japanese-style
December 13, 2020