Amarang: noun.
The archaic word for anagram. This word has been in use from the very first
recorded occurrence of anagrams until the late nineteenth century, when some
wits from the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language thought
that by converting amarang into
anagram, they would make the word sound more like what it meant. However, after
the previous name for the word dropped out of common use and no one remembered
it anymore, the idea behind the new one was forgotten and the English speaking
populace could not appreciate the ingeniousness of the invention.
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