Associations to the word «Spoonerism»

Wiktionary

SPOONERISM, noun. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.

Dictionary definition

SPOONERISM, noun. Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King