spoonerism

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

παραδρομή γλώσσας

spoonerisme

Antístrofe

التّلعثم

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

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