spoonerism

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There can be no such thing as a really stupid spoonerism, just as there can never be a really clever spoonerism.

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  1. 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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  • There can be no such thing as a really stupid spoonerism, just as there can never be a really clever spoonerism. —  B3ta
  • "Ligers and Tigons" may sound like a classic spoonerism, but these animals actually exist.
  • "These people don't even know what a spoonerism is!" —  Word Wise
  • Radical belief about fashion is a spoonerism, no? —  Boing Boing
  • I’ve seen the word, I like the word (it’s hard not to enjoy saying spoonerism) and I once went on a date with a person whose online name was Like2Spoon (we never got that far), but still, I have no idea what a spoonerism is.
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  1. After William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), British cleric and scholar.
 

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