Meaningful Offspring

Authors

Susan Thorpe

Abstract

Rearranged, the letters of a parent word may give rise to two perfectly legitimate offspring. Some parent words produce pairs of offspring which are related to meaning to each other and also, in some cases, to the parent word. MUSLINETTE hides the synonyms SILENT and MUTE; BAPTISE hides the antonyms TIP and BASE; WORTHILY hides the phrase HOLY WRIT, and so on.

Recommended Citation

Thorpe, Susan (2006) "Meaningful Offspring," Word Ways: Vol. 39 : Iss. 1 , Article 13.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol39/iss1/13