"spelled sideways" meaning in All languages combined

See spelled sideways on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Etymology: As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards". Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} spelled sideways (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Synonyms (reordered as an anagram): anagrammed, anagrammatized
    Sense id: en-spelled_sideways-en-adv-00FbYZFi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP:",
          "text": "It truly is a wired (which, remember, is just \"weird\" spelled sideways) world, and if you feel like you're the only person left who isn't online, this chapter will help.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term."
      ],
      "id": "en-spelled_sideways-en-adv-00FbYZFi",
      "links": [
        [
          "anagram",
          "anagram#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "reordered as an anagram",
          "word": "anagrammed"
        },
        {
          "sense": "reordered as an anagram",
          "word": "anagrammatized"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelled sideways"
}
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP:",
          "text": "It truly is a wired (which, remember, is just \"weird\" spelled sideways) world, and if you feel like you're the only person left who isn't online, this chapter will help.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "reordered as an anagram",
      "word": "anagrammed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reordered as an anagram",
      "word": "anagrammatized"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelled sideways"
}

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