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metaphasis noun. Transposing sounds or letters in a word or phrase (e.g., "stits and farts" instead of "fits and starts").

Notes:
Such phrases are known more popularly as "Spoonerisms" after the Reverend William Spooner who was famous for mangling phrases ("Which of us has not felt in his heart a half-warmed fish?").

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Language - General

Posted on March 7, 1997 at 6:14 AM


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