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SPOONERISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spoonerism mean?
• SPOONERISM (noun)
The noun SPOONERISM has 1 sense:
1. transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Familiarity information: SPOONERISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spoonerism" is a kind of...):
slip of the tongue (an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking)
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