Language on Vacation Author:Dmitri A. Borgmann Palindromes, reversals, transpositions, anagrams, antigrams,and many other forms of word play and puzzles. — "Language on Vacation" is a 1965 book written by Dmitri Borgmann. It is generally considered to be the first book solely devoted to logology that was more about supplying information than giving puzzles. Logology is the study of words with... more » an emphasis on letter patterns, often as part of recreational wordplay such as anagrams, palindromes and isograms, rather than on meaning. The word "logology" was popularized, by this book.« less