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Noun: spoonerism  'spoo-nu,ri-zum
  1. Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
    "A famous spoonerism is 'You have hissed my mystery lectures' instead of 'You have missed my history lectures'"

Derived forms: spoonerisms

Type of: slip of the tongue

Encyclopedia: Spoonerism