SPOONERISM


Meaning of SPOONERISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspü-nə-ˌri-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: William A. Spooner died 1930 English clergyman & educator

Date: 1900

: a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil )

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.