spoonerism

• Fenómeno lingüístico consistente en la inversión o intercambio de los sonidos o sílabas iniciales entre dos palabras de una frase, a menudo con efecto humorístico o accidental.

A linguistic phenomenon involving the transposition of initial consonants or sounds between two words in a phrase, often resulting in a humorous or accidental effect.

1. Speech errorC1formal

   A verbal mistake where the initial sounds or letters of two words are swapped, often creating a humorous or nonsensical result.

   Error de intercambio de sonidos iniciales

   • He said 'a well-boiled icicle' instead of 'a well-oiled bicycle'.
   • A classic spoonerism is 'you have hissed all my mystery lectures' for 'you have missed all my history lectures'.
   • She accidentally made a spoonerism by saying 'a blushing crow' instead of 'a crushing blow'.