Login Preferences
About News Publications Statistics Downloads API Guide License How to use Preferences
bn:00073551n
Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Humour, Articles with short description, Word play, Culture in Oxford
EN
spoonerism  Bames jond  Hoobert Heever  marrowsky  Metaphasis
EN
Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words WordNet 3.0
Definitions
Relations
Sources
EN
Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A spoonerism is an occurrence in speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched between two words in a phrase. Wikipedia
Humorous muddled words Wikidata
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. Wiktionary
Phrase where sounds are transposed. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
slip of the tongue
word game
word play
Rhetorical device
NAMED AFTER
William Archibald Spooner
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
Contrepèterie
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
spoonerism
Wikipedia
EN
spoonerism
Wikidata
EN
spoonerism
Wiktionary
EN
spoonerism
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Bames jond, Hoobert Heever, marrowsky, Metaphasis, Speako, Spoonerised, spoonerisms
Wikidata Alias
EN
marrowsky, Spoonerisms

Please note that, in order to improve your browsing experience on this website, BabelNet® uses various types of cookies, including: browsing functionality, performance and statistical cookies.

By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. OK

License