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Written by Carmel Goodwin
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
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Is there a word that means the opposite
of an oxymoron?
There are some of our readers much
cleverer and better informed than us.
We await your reply.
While you work on that, we offer you a
few examples.
 Have you heard the one about ........... ?
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The
following are words that contain within, some clue to their real
meaning.
By
within, we mean anagrammatically!
DORMITORY: Rearrange the letters DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: Rearrange the
letters BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: Rearrange the
letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: Rearrange the
letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: Rearrange
the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: Rearrange the
letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE: Rearrange the
letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: Rearrange the
letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: Rearrange
the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: Rearrange the
letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: Rearrange the
letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: Rearrange the
letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: Rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: Rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
MOTHER-IN-LAW: Rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
Finally
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VIRGINIA
BOTTOMLEY Rearrange the letters: I’M AN EVIL TORY BIGOT
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