Comedic Wordplay

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noun A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often with humorous results

  • A spoonerism is a linguistic error in which the initial sounds of two words are swapped.
  • My friend always makes spoonerisms when he's tired and talking too fast.
  • I love to create spoonerisms for fun, it always makes people laugh.
  • The comedian's jokes were like spoonerisms, turning words around to create humor.