Spoonerism
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Spoonerism
- A slip of the tongue that swaps the opening sounds of two words, as in "a well-boiled icicle" for "a well-oiled bicycle."
- Named after William Archibald Spooner, warden of New College, Oxford, who was known for the habit. Most of the spoonerisms attributed to him were likely invented by others.
- A kind of Turn of Speech made by accident; comedians and poets also make them on purpose.