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spoonerism

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spoonerism

Main Entry:: spoo·ner·ism
Pronunciation:: \ˈspü-nə-ˌri-zəm\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: William A. Spooner died 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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