Reaganagram

English

Etymology

Blend of Reagan +‎ anagram, after the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004).

Noun

Reaganagram (plural Reaganagrams)

1. (obsolete, rare) An anagram of the name Ronald Wilson Reagan.
   • 1984 April 24, James A. Woods, “The holoalphabetic "Jocks vend, fix, quartz BMW glyph."”, in net.puzzle‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I would like to thank the net for ... connecting me to Mike Morton of Dartmouth, who ... happens to have a collection of the best "Reaganagrams" around!

   • 1984 August, “Colloquy”, in Word Ways, page 146:

     Several readers were inspired to construct Reaganagrams of their own. John Henrick felt NO, DARLINGS, NO ERA LAW was a "magnificent specimen destined to surpass all others ever"[.]

   • 1986 October, Scot Morris, “Wordplay”, in Omni, page 183:

     [Pleased, Dmitri Borgmann pointed] out that ... insane Anglo warlord [was] a human-generated Reaganagram.

   • 1997 January 11, Ucalegon, “Richard Nixon anagram?”, in alt.folklore.urban‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Some may prefer the Reaganagram 'insane Anglo warlord'.