Word of the day

[AFHawk86]

I cam across this gem this morning in my email. I didn’t realize “Spoonerism” is a word and I had to wonder if this contributed to a certain place poster’s call sign.


WORD OF THE DAY
Spoonerism
[SPOO-nə-riz-əm]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: English, 1921

• A transposition of the initial letters of two words
• Any error in speech that swaps two syllables between two words

Examples of Spoonerism in a sentence

• He was so nervous to give his speech that he started out with the spoonerism, 'Welcome, fear dends.'
• If you’re speaking too quickly you might stumble over your words and utter a spoonerism.

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[artradley]

We used to talk in Spoonerisms all the time. I used to sing Thudolph deh dead-rosed danerear at Christmas.

 

[lookleft goright]

We used to talk in Spoonerisms all the time. I used to sing Thudolph deh dead-rosed danerear at Christmas.

Was that an eggnog induced spoonerism? Can you get arrested for an SUI? Spoonerism under the influence.

 

[artradley]

Was that an eggnog induced spoonerism? Can you get arrested for an SUI? Spoonerism under the influence.

Nah, I was just a nerdy kid. The eggnog activities are not fit for sharing in public.

 

[SPOONER]

I cam across this gem this morning in my email. I didn’t realize “Spoonerism” is a word and I had to wonder if this contributed to a certain place poster’s call sign.


WORD OF THE DAY
Spoonerism
[SPOO-nə-riz-əm]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: English, 1921

• A transposition of the initial letters of two words
• Any error in speech that swaps two syllables between two words

Examples of Spoonerism in a sentence

• He was so nervous to give his speech that he started out with the spoonerism, 'Welcome, fear dends.'
• If you’re speaking too quickly you might stumble over your words and utter a spoonerism.

Popularity Over Time

https://www.wordgenius.com/

Gou yuys!!!!!!

 

[WildTurk]

Ski U Mah

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