spoonerisms
Meaning of spoonerisms
plural noun
a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures.
early 20th century: named after the Revd W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), an English scholar who reputedly made such errors in speaking.
Information about spoonerisms
- It is a name.
- The singular form of spoonerisms is: spoonerism.
- Languages in which spoonerisms is used:
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Hyphenation of spoonerisms
spooner-isms
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- spoonerisms is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with spoonerisms
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