A spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words of a phrase...
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William Archibald Spooner (section Spoonerisms)
unintentionally comic effect. Such phrases became known as spoonerisms, and are often used humorously. Many spoonerisms have been invented and attributed to Spooner...
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Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other Spoonerisms is a 2006 book by Jon Agee. The book is filled with spoonerisms that are formed as questions or answers...
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United States. Common characteristics of Bushisms include malapropisms, spoonerisms, the creation of neologisms or stunt words, and errors in subject–verb...
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Truise, is an American electronic musician and DJ. His stage name is a spoonerism of the name of American actor Tom Cruise. Prior to 2010, Com Truise had...
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surreal or repetitive plotline, before ending the story with either a weak spoonerism, or abruptly stopping with no real punchline at all, or no soap radio...
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kääntösana, is a sort of verbal play in the Finnish language, similar to spoonerisms in English. Special to Finnish is a narrow phoneme inventory and vowel...
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incantation used to imprison the Djinn; the words "Nib Shuggurath", a spoonerism of Shub-Niggurath. Another Lovecraft reference appears in the character...
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an alcoholic beverage. Sometimes players misspeak the phrases as the spoonerisms "duzzy fuck" ("does he fuck?") or "fucky duzz" ("fuck he does"). The...
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amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed...
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Association. One of Campbell's "signature" routines was to tell stories in "spoonerism" form, with the first letters of words in some phrases intentionally switched...
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of words that had meaningful spoonerisms related to both stimuli. Primed participants had a far higher rate of spoonerism related to the specific stimulus...
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on the real life boxer from the time Bill Richmond, his name being a spoonerism. He retires from boxing and later starts his own gentleman's club with...
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Cryptic crossword (section Spoonerism)
of a Spoonerism clue is: He will casually put down Spooner's angry bear (9) The answer is LITTERBUG ("he will casually put down"). The Spoonerism is bitter...
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through Epitaph Records in 1991 with all new artwork. The title is a spoonerism of "animal liberation" and the cover artwork is a reflection of that....
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Bush presidency, a vehicular bumper sticker with the words Buck Fush (a spoonerism of "Fuck Bush") gained some popularity in the US. In June 2004, US Vice...
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are an American mathcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their name is a spoonerism of the football team the Dallas Cowboys. The Callous Daoboys released...
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Cunt (section Spoonerisms)
Cunt (/kʌnt/ ) is a vulgar word for the vulva. It is used in a variety of ways, including as a term of disparagement. "Cunt" is often used as a disparaging...
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SmackDown brand, one of his WWE-produced T-shirts bore the suggestive spoonerism "Ruck Fules". Whenever it appeared on television, the image was censored...
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was released on July 19, 1994, through Epitaph Records. The title is a spoonerism of "Drunk in Public". Punk in Drublic is NOFX's most successful album...
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entirely different meaning from what one would expect (cf malapropism, Spoonerism, aphasia). I'm ravished! for "I'm ravenous!" or for "I'm famished!" "They...
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commonly English). Antimetabole Anti-proverb Chiasmus Russian reversal Spoonerism Pollack, John (2012). The Pun Also Rises. Gotham Books. pp. 12–13....
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from other kinds of speaking or writing mistakes, such as eggcorns or spoonerisms, as well as the accidental or deliberate production of newly made-up...
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Dirty Minds Doublespeak Dangling modifier Euphemism Iham Paraprosdokian Spoonerism Ribaldry The word double is often pronounced as in English and the second...
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who is of Guyanese descent. Carner is mixed race. His stage name is a spoonerism of his double-barrelled surname as well as a reference to his childhood...
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London Underground anagram map Palindrome Pangram Rebus Sator Square Spoonerism Tautonym Word play "anagram". CollinsDictionary.com. HarperCollins Publishers...
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and Carrott in Notts. Notable tracks were "Bastity Chelt", a song in Spoonerism, "The Football Match" describing a visit to Old Trafford, "The Nutter...
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instead requires developers to rush and put out a less-refined product. The spoonerism "feeping creaturism" was coined to emphasize a developer's dislike of...
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perspective. Its name is a blend of the words "rock" and "incorruptibles" and a spoonerism of the latter. The magazine has produced several tribute records, including...
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in the Double Talk family. Another common type of language game is the spoonerism, in which the onsets of two words are exchanged. Using a standard word...
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