A MERLE TIFT

November 18, 2005 9:05 AM

We are a LAME FITTER, FALTER ITEM and A FELT TIMER. We need some MATT RELIEF. Fun with anagrams.
posted by KevinSkomsvold (56 comments total)

My cat's breath smells like cat food.
posted by Hlewagast at 9:08 AM on November 18, 2005

Fun with anagrams (via dailyheights)
posted by eddydamascene at 9:10 AM on November 18, 2005

My user name is an anagram of the word "backwards!" Holy smokes!
posted by sdrawkcab at 9:10 AM on November 18, 2005

A DEC RENTS HO TRIP PUNKS (Rocketship Underpants).
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:13 AM on November 18, 2005

For those who enjoy anagrams, check out
The Holy Tango of Literature by Francis Heaney.
He creates parodies of works by famous authors by anagramming their name to create a title:
Skinny Domicile by Emily Dickinson
I will be alarming islamic owls by william carlos Williams

An excerpt:
Toilets, by TS Eliot

These were featured on the now defunct "Modern Humorist" website. The book is well worth the $10.
posted by cosmicbandito at 9:14 AM on November 18, 2005

ME AT FILTER
posted by jeffburdges at 9:15 AM on November 18, 2005

on second thought, maybe Modern Humorist isn't dead.

Here's a page with some of the best ones
posted by cosmicbandito at 9:16 AM on November 18, 2005

A SLIM HEIST
A LITHE MISS
A SHIT SMILE
HI IS A SMELT
IS HIS METAL
EAT HIS SLIM
I SMASH TILE
HITLESS AIM
THIS IS LAME
posted by loquacious at 9:16 AM on November 18, 2005

Vin Diesel = Sven, I lied. I end lives.
posted by fandango_matt at 9:18 AM on November 18, 2005

Metal Fiter!
posted by fenriq at 9:32 AM on November 18, 2005

the amazing ann coulter anagram top ten:

2 - NUN CARE LOT
3 - NO CLUE RANT
4 - ANN CRUEL TO
5 - UNE LOT NARC
6 - A RUNT CLONE
7 - RAT NUCLEON
8 - RECTAL ON UN
9 - LO ANN CRUET
10 - A CON LET RUN

1 - A C*NT LONER
posted by rodney stewart at 9:35 AM on November 18, 2005

My screen name has no anagrams!
posted by I Foody at 9:35 AM on November 18, 2005

Donald Rumsfeld = a dud frond smell
posted by alumshubby at 9:36 AM on November 18, 2005

TEAM TALK!



(meta talk)
posted by tommyc at 9:42 AM on November 18, 2005

I've been using this service for years. One of the many, many ways I waste time at work (MeFi being another).
posted by mikrophon at 9:43 AM on November 18, 2005

The fpp was kind of lame, but this thread is gold. I'm still laughing at Toilets.
posted by empath at 9:47 AM on November 18, 2005

GAFLGDE
posted by fire&wings at 9:51 AM on November 18, 2005

Thanks this is good fun!
posted by hortense at 9:54 AM on November 18, 2005

I'm OK AT NINJA CRAP. Result!
posted by Captain Najork at 9:54 AM on November 18, 2005

empath = AT HEMP

sorry, couldn't resist a counter-snark.

Ann Coulter Top 10 is gold.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:57 AM on November 18, 2005

NICE POST => EPIC SNOT
posted by Mr T at 9:59 AM on November 18, 2005

PEEVED ORION
PEED OVER ION
DIE EVEN POOR
VIDEO OPENER
posted by pieoverdone at 10:01 AM on November 18, 2005

Some from before the Web era:

William F. Buckley = Lick my Awful Bile (Spy magazine)

Rush Limbaugh, Personality = Hi! I smugly slap a hurt boner
Rush Limbaugh, Personality = Repulsion: A Ham's Ugly Birth
(me, during long meeting)
posted by kurumi at 10:12 AM on November 18, 2005

Sloblock.
posted by nthdegx at 10:18 AM on November 18, 2005

Ethereal Bligh: A BIG THREE HELL.
languagehat: HEAL GAG TUNA

And last but not least, scarabic gets CRABS CIA, which is strangely inappropriate. [Hi sweetie! Stop stalking me already! ;-) ]

Alas, "davy" and "quonsar" return zip, but try typing in "squared savvy loon" to discover my Secret Admirer.
posted by davy at 10:22 AM on November 18, 2005

Damn, Hlewagast beat me to it.

One the generator didn't come up with: Noble Dr. (But it did get 'lob dr ne' - go figure.)
posted by blendor at 10:26 AM on November 18, 2005

RAW STANK
posted by Kwantsar at 10:35 AM on November 18, 2005

WHALE STAG
posted by davy at 10:45 AM on November 18, 2005

ENROLLED OPTIMISM (I don't remember signing up)
MOTEL PRIMED LOINS (well, I would hope so)
PILLORIED MOMENTS (too, too true)
posted by postmodernmillie at 10:48 AM on November 18, 2005

BOLD POET US?
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 10:59 AM on November 18, 2005

A DRAGON ILL MORT (so very Malory!)
A RIMLAND LOG ROT (I know a place where you have to pay 500 bucks for this)
ALMOND GIRL ROT (can I change my name to this?)

But the best anagram lately is still
SAMUEL ALITO- I AM A SELLOUT.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 11:00 AM on November 18, 2005

Oddly enough I don't seem to mind that my time is "Spent on a silly codpeice".
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 11:04 AM on November 18, 2005

Old ones but good ones

SENATOR=
TREASON=
ATONERS?

And one of mine (without anagram generator)
Ambassador John Bolton is
“To ransom a bald SOB”

Don't get me started on anamonics
posted by lalochezia at 11:06 AM on November 18, 2005

None of the ELFWAD! combos come close to the original.

Some IIHAA ones:
A SAUNA HID FIN
A DINAH SNAFU I
DIANA FAUN HIS
FAUNA DANISH I
ASIA UNHAND IF
NASA AID FUN HI
SAUDI FANIN AH
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:09 AM on November 18, 2005

"I, for one, welcome our new anagram overlords" -

Online grandma-lovers, furrow!
- Emcee Oar-Woo.
posted by ORthey at 11:12 AM on November 18, 2005

You can decide which is most fitting.

Oh, my epic smut.

Us, them: myopic.

Cutesy, hip mom.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 11:44 AM on November 18, 2005

"eddydamascene"
act 1, scene 1
by eddydamascene

"A caddy needs me:
ascend me, eddy!" a
dame danced. "Yes,
eddydamascene!"
[A cad; mense dyed.
A dad's Dec. enemy;
eddy came] "Send a
caddy, and see me
a decade's end. My
decays mended, a
dead nyc deems a
Dec. demand easy."
[As eddy came, end]
posted by eddydamascene at 11:45 AM on November 18, 2005

BLED FLY URN
BLUNDER FLY
posted by brundlefly at 11:55 AM on November 18, 2005

Entering a
tin, enrage.
(Engine tar
ain't green.)

Intern age?
A teen grin.
Nine great;
regain ten!

re anteing:
neater gin.
posted by tangerine at 12:08 PM on November 18, 2005

Axl Rose is an anagram for Oral Sex.
posted by wigu at 12:18 PM on November 18, 2005

A friend of mine noticed this some time ago, Condoleeza Rice is a 'Coed Nazi Creole.' I'm just reporting the facts.
posted by 8 Bit at 12:59 PM on November 18, 2005

RONALD WILSON REAGAN = INSANE ANGLO WARLORD
posted by gigawhat? at 12:59 PM on November 18, 2005

These anagrams, they rat vibe?
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:05 PM on November 18, 2005

I so wasn't patient enough to read my whole list, but...
TRICKIEST OF YOU
and
FUCKS YET I RIOT
are my favorites.
posted by ferociouskitty at 1:14 PM on November 18, 2005

box up honoree
pee box honour
pure hobo oxen
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 1:29 PM on November 18, 2005

Beg Ego Rush, Chick Needy, An Inch in Trolly, Boiler Lilly, A Born Protest.

Way too much fun.
posted by fenriq at 1:57 PM on November 18, 2005

Hm... my full name:

PLEASE AMYL NO TUTU

what can it mean?
posted by psmealey at 2:02 PM on November 18, 2005

It's an old classic, but everyone should know it:

PRESIDENT REAGAN = I PRESENT A DANGER.
posted by Holly at 2:28 PM on November 18, 2005

Nice Donkey = I NEED NYC, OK?

Which is weird, because I was just at the NYC meetup even though I don't live there . . . yet.

Also, NEON DICKEY.
posted by Nice Donkey at 2:40 PM on November 18, 2005

My screen name has no anagrams!
posted by I Foody at 10:35 AM MST on November 18 [!]

Yo, Fido!
posted by arto at 3:51 PM on November 18, 2005

Ender's Game = Greased Men.
posted by emelenjr at 4:26 PM on November 18, 2005

emelenjr, perhpas it's a thinly veiled "Family Guy" reference? Isn't there a recurring "catch the greased up deaf guy" meme on that show?
posted by cosmicbandito at 4:54 PM on November 18, 2005

eat cake
teacake
posted by Eekacat at 5:17 PM on November 18, 2005

OMG you guyyyyyyss, mine spells "librarian"!!1!
posted by librarina at 10:42 PM on November 18, 2005

I don't want to brag, but I'm Master Brain.

(Also: Serbian Tram, Seminar Brat).
posted by martinrebas at 3:42 AM on November 19, 2005

ever i sun
I in us
sever I UN
US in ruins
revue sin
ever i run
posted by uni verse at 12:04 PM on November 19, 2005