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spoonerism

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spoonerism (plural spoonerisms)

A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Synonym: marrowsky

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Most of the quotations attributed to Spooner are apocryphal ; The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (3rd edition, 1979) lists only one substantiated spoonerism: "The weight of rages will press hard upon the employer" (instead of "rate of wages"). Source: Internet

Humorously, Cleary leaves the poem's final spoonerism up to the reader when he says, He once proclaimed, "Hey, belly jeans" When he found a stash of jelly beans. Source: Internet

Popular use In modern terms, "spoonerism" generally refers to any changing of sounds in this manner. Source: Internet

The heavy metal band Metallica released the concert video Cunning Stunts in 1998, the title being a spoonerism of "stunning cunts". Source: Internet

The phrase is a double entendre : if read at face value, indicates the sport ("puck") and the Plattsburgh team playing "flat;" read as a spoonerism, it is a veiled profane insult. Source: Internet

The song "Washington On Your Side" from hip-hop musical Hamilton rhymes the phrase "fits of passion" with its spoonerism "pits of fashion". Source: Internet

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