Example sentences for: spoonerisms

How can you use “spoonerisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • ” Obscene spoonerisms represent the pinnacle of spooner-type wit (or is that wooner-type spit?

  • Following exhaustive research and practice, I divide spoonerisms into two general categories based upon their structure and their function.

  • Robert Archibald Ford's article, “Learn to Spike Lunars” [XVIII, 4], on the late Dr. Spooner of New College, Oxford, reminded me of two, doubtless apocryphal spoonerisms attributed to him.

  • Perfect or true spoonerisms are correct in both sound and spelling when transposed.

  • Auditory spoonerisms preserve the right sound when transposed, but require varied spelling when written.


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