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spoonerism
spoonerism /ˈspuː.nər.ɪ.zəm/ aep /-nɚ-/ noun [C]
► F0 a mistake made when speaking in which the first sounds of two words are exchanged with each other to produce a not intended and usually funny meaning: » The Reverend William Spooner used to produce spoonerisms such as 'a scoop of boy trouts', instead of what he had meant to say - 'a troop of boy scouts'.Thesaurus+: ↑Linguistic terms and linguistic style |