SPOONERISM
Spoonerism
Accompanying biography read "The only part of him which gets tired is his tongue, and occasionally the oft-repeated lines have got muddled. 'Self-constricted ruddles', 'his striggles were terruffic', and 'deloberately rib me' are a few of the spoonerisms he has perpetrated. Success has not spoilt him. He is a professional humourist, who has been known to make an Englishman laugh at breakfast".]]The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Spoonerism
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spoonerism
Noun
- A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
- The spoonerism "The queer old dean" (instead of "the dear old Queen") is attributed to Rev. Spooner.
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