These are short cognate anagrams, often with a humorous link between the word/phrase and its anagram.

The red numbers refer to footnotes crediting the author or publication where the anagram first appeared. Some originated in the nineteenth century.

Mother-in-law	Woman Hitler1
The earthquakes	That queer shake
Debit card	Bad credit2
Slot machines	Cash lost in 'em
School master	The classroom
Eleven plus two	Twelve plus one3
Dormitory	Dirty room4
Punishment	Nine Thumps5
Desperation	A rope ends it6
The Morse code	Here come dots
Snooze alarms	Alas! No more Zs7
A decimal point	I'm a dot in place
Astronomer	Moon starer8
Fir cones	Conifers
The eyes	They see9
Payment received	Every cent paid me10
Conversation	Voices rant on
The public art galleries	Large picture halls, I bet
Election results	Lies – let's recount11
Halley's Comet	Shall yet come12
The Hurricanes	These churn air13

More anagrams here:

• Anagrams of sayings and sentences.
• Very long anagrams, and one-word anagrams.
• Anagrams of Famous People's names.
• Celebrity one-word anagrams.
• Rude anagrams. (not for children or the easily offended)

1. by Henry C. Wiltbank of New York, 1936.
2. by Mike Morton.
3. by Melvin O. Wellman of Michigan, 1948. Has also been attributed to Martin Gardner.
4. by Rev. Theodore Hoagland of Moscow, Idaho, 1899.
5. printed in Farmer's Almanack, Boston, 1821.
6. by H. H. Bailey of London, 1920.
7. by Mark Oshin of Oregon, 1982.
8. printed in plural form in Farmer's Almanack, Boston, 1821.
9. by William Grossman of New York, 1896.
10. by George B. King of Pennsylvania, 1897.
11. by Tom Myers.
12. by Mary C. Snyder of Springfield, Illinois, 1910.
13. by Eric Bodin of Norfolk, Virginia, 1965.

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