Spoonerism
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noun.
A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as
Let me sew you to your sheet
for
Let me show you to your seat.
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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
.
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noun.
transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Word Usage
"This is curious, for it seems, on the evidence of those who knew him best, that the spoonerism was a verbal felicity which he did not perpetrate."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
slip of the tongue
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Irish bull
abuse of terms
acronym
acrostic
amphibologism