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".]]

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spoonerism

Noun

  1. 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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