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Spoonerism logo #10101) Blushing crow 2) Comical transposition 3) Hated the book 4) He was dealt a blushing crow 5) Let me sew you to your sheet 6) Letter transposition 7) Loose Brie 8) Nasal hut 9) Silly sound transposition 10) Slip of the tongue 11) Tons of soil for sons of toil 12) Trump the jack 13) Well-boiled icicle
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Spoonerism

Spoonerism logo #10101) Marrowsky
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Spoonerism

Spoonerism logo #21000 A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words in a phrase. For example saying `The Lord is a shoving leopard` instead of `The Lord is a loving shepherd`. While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting ...
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spoonerism

spoonerism logo #21003reversal of the initial letters or syllables of two or more words, such as `I have a half-warmed fish in my mind` (for `half-formed wish`) and `a ...
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Spoonerism

Spoonerism logo #22385The comic (and usually unintentional) transposition of two initial consonants or other sounds. For e
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spoonerism

spoonerism logo #20400[n] - transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
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spoonerism

spoonerism logo #20974 noun transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
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spoonerism

spoonerism logo #21221Exchange of elements in a flow of words. Usually a slip of the tongue, a spoonerism can also be contrived for comic effect (for example `a troop of Boy Scouts` becoming `a scoop of Boy Trouts`). William Spooner gave his name to the phenomenon
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