| 单词 | marrowsky language |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarrowsky language 1. A variety of slang, or a slip in speaking, characterized by the transposition of the initial letters or syllables of two (consecutive) words. Occasionally in marrowsky language. Cf. spoonerism n. (now the more usual word). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > slang > particular types of rhyming slang1859 back-slang1860 marrowskya1861 prune juice1904 a1861 R. Nicholson Autobiogr. Fast Man (1863) xviii. 200 Fanny King, or as Bill Leach, in the interesting language called Marouski, termed her, Kanny Fing. 1883 G. A. Sala Living London 491 The vocabulary of Tim Bobbin, Josh Billings,..and the ‘Marowsky’ language. 1998 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Mar. 845/1 Both metathesis and metaplasm seem to be restricted to changes within a single word, rather than to transpositions between two words, which is what spoonerism more commonly means... Marrowsky is an earlier alternative. < as lemmas |
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