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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Cunt (section Spoonerisms)
    "Cunt" (/kʌnt/ ) is a vulgar word for the vulva in its primary sense, but it is used in a variety of ways, including as a term of disparagement. "Cunt"...
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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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  • Plymouth Colony in 1637 William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), professor of spoonerism fame William Spooner (priest) (1778–1857), archdeacon of Coventry William...
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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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    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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  • 21), following the release of this compilation. The album title is a spoonerism of the title of the band's album Gloss Drop, which the original versions...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    London Underground anagram map Palindrome Pangram Rebus Sator Square Spoonerism Tautonym Word play "anagram". CollinsDictionary.com. HarperCollins Publishers...
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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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    Origins by Joseph Twadell Shipley in 1945 the word "jitters" "is from a spoonerism ['bin and jitters' for 'gin and bitters']...and originally referred to...
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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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    record label called Sparrow (owned by EMI). Although the band's name is a spoonerism of the late Chuck Berry, the group said it was inspired by a drag queen...
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