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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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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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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Cunt (section Spoonerisms)
"Cunt" (/kʌnt/ ) is a vulgar word for the vulva in its primary sense, and it is used in a variety of ways, including as a term of disparagement. "Cunt"...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2011 by American musician Tyler, the Creator. The name Golf Wang is a spoonerism of his Los Angeles-based musical collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill...
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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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humorous effect, functioning somewhat like a cross between a pun and a spoonerism. Double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment (such...
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American singer-songwriter from Salt Lake City, Utah. His stage name is a spoonerism of American politician Mitt Romney, who was the Republican nominee during...
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used the name J. Ski; "Jadakiss" originated as a mispronunciation or spoonerism of his name. Upon signing with Bad Boy, Puff Daddy shortened the group's...
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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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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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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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'retired' in 1980 for an extended period. The name originated from a spoonerism on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which became "The Four Poxmen of...
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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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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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March 2005. The book is largely composed of spoonerisms in rhyming verse. Other than speaking only in spoonerisms, Runny is a normal child. He has many friends...
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Bill Gosper, also known as the Peano-Gosper Curve and the flowsnake (a spoonerism of snowflake), is a space-filling curve whose limit set is rep-7. It is...
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contemporary songs. The songs were interspersed with other routines, including a spoonerism routine ("Lirty Dies") near the end of each performance with innuendoes...
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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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allusions to famous musicians, such as Julio Iglesias. The album's name is a Spoonerism of Led Zeppelin's signature song, “Stairway to Heaven.”[citation needed]...
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scribbling down his words before swapping letters around and adopting spoonerisms and malapropisms. The lexicographer Susan Rennie stated that Dahl built...
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