spoonerism

Senso (Inglese)

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

Traduzioni

contrepèterie

Schüttelreim

contrepet

spoonerismo

contrapet

trocadilho

παραδρομή γλώσσας

retruécano

spoonerisme

Antístrofe

التّلعثم

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈspuːnəɹɪzəm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.