Meanings
- colloquialnot comparableIndicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
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.
2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XPSynonyms: anagrammed, anagrammatized
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIndicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
Origin
As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
spelled sideways. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelled%20sideways
“spelled sideways.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelled%20sideways. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spelled sideways,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spelled%20sideways.
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