Tom Riddle Rejected All These Anagrams For ‘Voldemort,’ And It’s Really Too Bad
In the Harry Potter series, it’s explained that Tom Riddle, the troubled youth who would grow to become the most feared wizard of all time, invented his evil pseudonym as an anagram. Tom Marvolo Riddle becomes “I Am Lord Voldemort.”
What isn’t explained is how many other rearrangements young Riddle optioned before settling on the one we know so well.
Having gleefully discovered the words “dildo” and “lover” buried in Riddle’s name, apparently, artist Katie Rose and writer Dan Abromowitz set out to answer that question for Potter fans. (The graphic below was posted back in 2012, but is now making the Internet rounds again, to our delight.)
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We’ve transcribed the rejected anagrams below:
Lord Earldom Vomit
Motor Marvel Dildo
Immortal Love Rodd
Mortal Dildo Mover
Marmot Dildo Lover
Dildo Lover Rat-Mom
I Am Loved Old Mr. Ort
Mild Doormat Lover
Dermal Drool Vomit
Old Immortal Lover
Mild Moor, Dad Lover
Vim Troll, Dad Romeo
Marmot Drool Devil
Mr. Tom A. Dildolover
Rev. Tom “Dildo” Molar
Tom, Dildo-Ram Lover
Tom, or MARVEL DILDO?
Mr. T. O. Dildo Remover
Dildo-Mom, Art Lover
Interestingly, when Rose and Abromowitz’s graphic was originally posted to Reddit, commenters pointed out how the anagram also works in several different languages.
In Danish, “Romeo G. Detlev, Jr.” rearranges to “Jeg Er Voldemort,” or “I Am Voldemort.” In Spanish, “Tom Sorvolo Ryddle” becomes “Soy Lord Voldemort,” and German speakers have “Tom Vorlost Riddle,” which morphs into “Ist Lord Voldemort,” like the original English version. If you’re a French reader, our young wizard becomes “Tom Elvis Jedusor,” which then turns into “Je Suis Voldemort.”
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But probably none of them have Dildo Lover Rat-Mom, and that’s what makes English so great.
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