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SPOONERISM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
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)