Spooner

/ˈspunər/ noun

Definition

A person who commits spoonerisms—accidental switches of initial sounds or letters between words, creating humorous results.

Etymology

Named after Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), an Oxford don famous for his frequent speech errors where he switched sounds at the beginning of words, creating unintentionally funny phrases.

Kelly Says

Spooner was so hilariously clumsy with his words that people named an entire category of speech mistakes after him—imagine being so memorable for accidentally saying the wrong thing that your name becomes a permanent grammar term!

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