SPOONERISM


Meaning of SPOONERISM in English

[spoo.ner.ism] n [William A. Spooner d. 1930 Eng. clergyman & educator] (1900): a transposition of usu. initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.