Spoonerism Mnemonic

Explore definitions and mnemonics for spoonerism.

spoonerism

spoonerism

/ˈspuːnəɹɪzəm/

Examples

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

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"Spoon + Hear + Ism. A spoon near your ear is mistakenly swapped in speech."

"Spoon + Her + Ism. She switched the spoon's place, creating a fun twist in speech."

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