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spoonerism: Meaning and Definition of

spoon•er•ism

Pronunciation: (sp'nu-riz"um), [key]
— n.
  1. the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
spoondrift spooney
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