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spoonerism

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Main Entry: spoo·ner·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈspü-nə-ˌri-zəm\
Function: noun
Etymology: William A. Spooner †1930 English clergyman & educator
Date: 1900

: a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)


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