Example sentences for: spoonerisms

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

  • I enjoyed Robert Archibald Ford's article on spoonerisms, Learn to Spike Lunars [ XVIII , 4].

  • Useless spoonerisms produce correct words which, unfortunately, neither amuse not have current meaning.

  • The best spoonerisms produce an element of humor or irony, as this one does.

  • Useless spoonerisms must be avoided and characterize their creators as rank novices or amateurs.

  • Mirror spoonerisms occur when transposition simply reverses word order, usually with little change in meaning.


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