SPOONERISM


Meaning of SPOONERISM in English

[noun] [C] - a mistake made when speaking in which the first sounds of two words are exchanged with each other to produce a not intended and esp. amusing meaningThe Reverend William Spooner used to produce spoonerisms such as 'a scoop of boy trouts', instead of what he had meant to say - 'a troop of boy scouts'.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.