What is a spoonerism?

Answer 1

Oh, dude, a spoonerism is when you mix up the initial sounds of two words to create a funny or nonsensical result. Like instead of saying "light bulb," you might accidentally say "bight lulp." It's a classic mix-up that can happen when your brain is on autopilot.

Answer 2

According to the online dictionary:
the (usually) unintentional exchange of letters or syllables between two words or even within a word, often with comic results - especially when the result changes the speaker's intended meaning. The term is named after the 19th century clergyman and academic Rev. William Spooner William Archibald Spooner
William Archibald Spooner was a famous University of Oxford University don after whom is named a linguistic phenomenon, spoonerism....
, who was supposedly prone to this trait. Among the examples attributed to him is "you've tasted two worms" for "you've wasted two terms".

tips of the slung (slips of the tongue)

lack of pies (pack of lies) tease my ears (ease my tears)

Answer 3

According to the online dictionary:
the (usually) unintentional exchange of letters or syllables between two words or even within a word, often with comic results - especially when the result changes the speaker's intended meaning. The term is named after the 19th century clergyman and academic Rev. William Spooner William Archibald Spooner
William Archibald Spooner was a famous University of Oxford University don after whom is named a linguistic phenomenon, spoonerism....
, who was supposedly prone to this trait. Among the examples attributed to him is "you've tasted two worms" for "you've wasted two terms".

Answer 4

There was a college dean who was always saying things like "shake a tower" (take a shower) and "cake a bake" (bake a cake), reversing the first letters of words. The dean's last name was Spooner. So his students started calling his messed up words "spoonerisms." See the Related Link below.

Answer 5

It is when you switch letters of two words in a phrase. Example: You mean to say..."I am falling apart" and what you actually say is " I am palling a fart"...a comedian named Norm Crosby made a career out of spoonerisms.