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spoonerism

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Also a lot of them are spoonerisms and not puns, which will get you ejected from a pun contest

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Quick take

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

Meaning at a glance

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noun

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spoonerism.

noun

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

Example sentences

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Also a lot of them are spoonerisms and not puns, which will get you ejected from a pun contest

2

I haven't read the work in question, but I think it's a spoonerism of 'tupenny fuck.

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>Also a lot of them are spoonerisms and not puns, which will get you ejected from a pun contestYou struck a blushing crow.

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You can make definition errors where you misuse a word, like a malapropism or spoonerism.

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Yeah I personally use the concepts interchangeably but if you go to the pun competitions in the bay area they will disqualify spoonerisms in the general sense which includes any partial word substitutions like "punderdome"

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use spoonerism in a sentence?

Also a lot of them are spoonerisms and not puns, which will get you ejected from a pun contest

What does spoonerism mean?

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

What part of speech is spoonerism?

spoonerism is commonly used as noun.