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Can you help build my collection of funny Spoonerisms?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) November 12th, 2010

The Reverend William Archibald Spooner served in various positions of increasing stature at New College, Oxford for 60 years. After starting as a fellow, then lecturer and tutor; he served as Dean of the school from 1886 to 1889 and Warden from 1903 to 1924. In his illustrious academic career, he is most famous today for his tendency to get his mords wixed while speaking. He did this so often that the linguistic phenomenon now bears his name. It is called a Spoonerism.

Some spoonerisms are simply slips of the tongue, but many are intentional, and rather amusing. One of today’s Google Quotes of the Day provides a good example. “A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.”— Anonymous

I love such linguistic tricks and collect the best, whether they be deliberate humor or ones that just happen by chance and are equally hilarious. So if you have one or two you love, please share your spoonerisms for my collection.

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RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Every time I try to think of one it turns out bass ackwards… or is it back asswards?

partyparty's avatar

I love cop porn….... i love pop corn

Fighting a liar…...lighting a fire

You hissed my mystery lecture…... you missed my history lecture

Searched every crook and nanny….... searched every nook and cranny

Cattle ships and bruisers….... battle ships and cruisers

Nosey little crook….... cosy little nook

A blushing crow….... a crushing blow

downtide's avatar

I actually said one today (unintentionally). I was trying to say “shift swap” and ended up saying “swift shop”.

tuesday242's avatar

the classic “cunning stunt ” (you probably already have that one… but its my favorite )

camertron's avatar

I’ve gotta take a shower….. I’ve gotta shake a tower
I’m driving in the right lane…. I’m driving in light rain (rane)

harple's avatar

I actually grew up believing the phrase “fits and starts” (as in, it happened in fits and starts) was “stits and farts”... I still struggle to say it the right way round when in polite company.

Blueroses's avatar

We are assuming control…. We are consuming a troll

Custer’s Battlefield…. Buster’s cattlefield

BarnacleBill's avatar

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

Adagio's avatar

It’s like when you say one thing but mean your mother
A Freudian slip really but it kind of qualifies.

BarnacleBill's avatar

Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels.

Mariah's avatar

In high school, my government teacher once attempted to start a sentence, “New York City should…” and accidently said “New York Shitty could.” My classmates didn’t let go of that one for a looong time, ahahah.

camertron's avatar

@BarnacleBill does that qualify as a spoonerism?

ETpro's avatar

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies Got that one, because I’ve suffered from the condition for so long. :-)

@partyparty Great collection. Thanks. I’m particularly drawn to searching ever nook and cranny of every crook and nanny.

@downtide That’s close enough to a tongue twister to be hard to avoid. Like the old challenge to say this ten time as fast as you can say it:
    I’m a sheet slitter.
    I slit sheets.
    I’m the best sheet slitter,
    That ever slit a sheet.

@tuesday242 Ah yes. What’s the difference between a sorority and a circus? A circus is a cunning array of stunts.

And there’s the corollary, What’s the difference between a tribe of sly pygmies and a sorority girl
track team? The tribe of sly pygmies is a bunch of cunning runts.

@camertron Rain or rane. These are really best when spoken aloud. So mords wixed would be pronounced like merds wixes.

@harple Ha! See my reply above to @downtide

@Blueroses great way to dispose of trolls. Thanks. I did not have that one.

@BarnacleBill I have that one, but it’s a favorite. It’s particular clever in its convoluted nature. And in regards to “Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels.” that’s actually pretty profound, but a play on words that’s not really a spoonerism.

@Adagio True. Not technically a spoonerism, but it’s in that genre of slip-of0the-tongue humor.

@Mariah Ha! I can bet that was hard to live down.

iamthemob's avatar

An apt one seems to be “I’m a word botcher” for “I’m a bird watcher.”

ETpro's avatar

@iamthemob Oh that is good. And I had not heard that one before.

minipr0td0g's avatar

My personal favorites are Cunning Stunts
Popcorn
And A bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

ETpro's avatar

Ah yes. There is nothing better in life than performing cunning stunts with stunning cunts while eating popcorn watching cop porn and having a bottle in front of me instead of a frontal lobotomy.

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