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spoonerism

[ UK /spˈuːnəɹˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

How To Use spoonerism In A Sentence

  • Mr Wright blew his chance (with a spoonerism) and the line went to the other coffin bearer.
  • The best-known of these are the sound transpositions called spoonerisms.
  • 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'.
  • 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'.
  • I decided against a bottle of wine as Mother had already drained her Kir with some speed and had begun to confuse her spoonerisms with her malapropisms.
  • Each day has a statement containing spoonerisms, malapropisms, contradictions, strange and unrelated facts, and misuse of words.
  • Malapropisms and spoonerisms add colour to language.
  • He was for many years a cricket commentator on Indian radio, famed for his spoonerisms.
  • They speak in spoonerisms and malapropisms and put forward bizarre concepts and beliefs.
  • They speak in spoonerisms and malapropisms and put forward bizarre concepts and beliefs.
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