SPOONERISM


Meaning of SPOONERISM in English

(~s)

A ~ is a mistake made by a speaker in which the first sounds of two words are changed over, often with a humorous result, for example when someone says ‘wrong load’ instead of ‘long road’.

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Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .