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Spoonerism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Spoonerism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
slip of the tongue
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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