spelled sideways
English edit
Etymology edit
As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards".
Adverb edit
spelled sideways (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
- 2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- (reordered as an anagram): anagrammed, anagrammatized