Question

What is spoonerism? How was this word coined?

Answer 1

The word spoonerism was coined after a Warden of New College, Oxford, Reverend William Archibald Spooner. The term spoonerism was used at Oxford as early as 1885, entering into the lexicon of the general English-speaking public around 1900.

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Answer 2

A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect. It was coined by Reverend William Archibald Spooner.