spoonerism

== English == === Alternative forms === Spoonerism === Etymology === From Spooner +‎ -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspuː.nəɹˌɪ.zəm/, enPR: spo͞oʹ-nər-ĭʹ-zəm === Noun === spoonerism (plural spoonerisms) (linguistics, rhetoric) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. Synonym: marrowsky ==== Related terms ==== spooneristic spooneristically ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === spoonerism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === promession