Definition of Spoonerism

1. Noun. Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words.

Generic synonyms: Slip Of The Tongue

Definition of Spoonerism

1. Noun. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spoonerism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoonerism

spoonbender
spoonbenders
spoonbending
spoonbill
spoonbill catfish
spoonbilled
spoonbills
spoonbowl
spoonbowls
spoonbread
spoondrift
spooned
spooneful
spoonefuls
spooner
spoonerism (current term)
spoonerisms
spooners
spooney
spooneys
spoonfed
spoonfeed
spoonfeeding
spoonfeeds
spoonflower
spoonful
spoonfuls
spoonier
spoonies
spooniest

Literary usage of Spoonerism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"'This replacing of the initial letter of a word by that of another word, typically from the same sentence, is known in Oxford as a spoonerism, on account of ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Did that work contain any •spoonerisms or pre-spoonerism s ? BELFAST. SONGS WANTED (cxlvi. 66).—The song •JHL wishes is called ' A Dream of the Albert Hall ..."

3. Sissano: Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia by William Churchill (1916)
"... metathesis would produce "cun dow," which might pass muster as a spoonerism, but which certainly wrecks the sense of each word. 55. m&l perineal band. ..."

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