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spoonerism
[
spoo
-n
uh
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uh
m
]
Main Entry:
slip of the tongue
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
misspeaking
Synonyms:
lapsus linguae,
mistake
, slip of the pen, solecism,
spoonerism
, sus linguae
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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