spoonerism
Meanings
Plural: spoonerisms
Noun
- transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
- A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Origin / Etymology
From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
spoonerism is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordspoonerism is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spoonerism is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
spoonerism is a valid Words With Friends word