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spoonerism

noun as in slip of the tongue

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lapsus linguae
mistake
slip of the pen
solecism
sus linguae

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The headline “Gagging Us With a Spoonerism” is by Chris Doyle; Chris also wrote the honorable-mentions subhead.

From Washington Post

Still running — deadline Monday night, Nov. 29: Our contest for spoonerism jokes.

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This week: Write an original Q-A joke featuring a spoonerism, the transposition of the beginnings of different words, as in the entries above from our 1995 contest.

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Tariffs have consistently retained broad global support despite the spoonerism.

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Nothing, it's just a stupid spoonerism.

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