Spoonerism: [SPOO-ne-riz-em]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: English, 1921
1. A transposition of
the initial letters of two words
2. Any error in
speech that swaps two syllables between two words
Examples used in a sentence:
1. He was so nervous
to give his speech that he started out with the spoonerism, “Welcome,
fear dends.”
2. If you’re speaking
too quickly you might stumble over your words and utter a spoonerism.
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