spelled sideways

English

Etymology

As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards".

Adverb

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

(reordered as an anagram): anagrammed, anagrammatized

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