(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
spoonerisms
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spoonerisms.
Editorial note
Also spoonerisms are fun for kids too, Jon Agee has book of those and it's also great.
Quick take
(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of spoonerisms gathered in one view.
Alternative letter-case form of spoonerism. [(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for spoonerisms.
noun
(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of spoonerism. [(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.]
Example sentences
Also spoonerisms are fun for kids too, Jon Agee has book of those and it's also great.
And Le Canard has excellent puns, better than The Economist’s, and risqué spoonerisms too, just in French.
There are those of us for whom Spoonerisms are a legit speech impediment.
I generally use spoonerisms in the sense of the first 'sound' of a word.
I disagree that so many things in tech need to be intentional spoonerisms.
I noticed a swap in your prose (still comprehensible), but just realized that cheating and teaching are semi-spoonerisms (swapping the sound order of a single word)...
- There was one where several answers were triple Spoonerisms of well known phrases.
I honestly did not know spoonerisms were a speech impediment.
>Also a lot of them are spoonerisms and not puns, which will get you ejected from a pun contest You struck a blushing crow.
Quote examples
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"
Proper noun examples
Spoonerisms are a real speech impediment, and tend to be inherited.
Spoonerisms are fun, especially when they make funny sounding words.
It was instrumental when I wrote a web app[1] to generate Spoonerisms[2] (my apologies for the UI and the fact that I haven't yet removed the more obscure words, especially obscure homophones, from my cmudict subset).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use spoonerisms in a sentence?
Also spoonerisms are fun for kids too, Jon Agee has book of those and it's also great.
What does spoonerisms mean?
(linguistics) A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
What part of speech is spoonerisms?
spoonerisms is commonly used as noun.