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    Is there a specific word, like 'malaprop', to describe the juxtaposition of syllables in a spoken phrase? Example "Dead Weight" becomes "Wed Deight" or "Fly Trap" becomes "Try Flap"?

    Question #108869. Asked by Datsmeharse. (Sep 16 09 12:38 PM)


    queproblema

    		Spoonerism, after Rev. Spooner.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism

    Sep 16 09, 12:57 PM
    Datsmeharse

    		THANK YOU QP! Now you have to name the word or phrase that best describes my complete inability to recall that lol.

    Sep 16 09, 1:27 PM
    queproblema

    		Old age!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_age



    Sep 16 09, 3:16 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Named for Rev. William Spooner, who often inserted some of these malaprops into his sermons (a famous example: "The Lord is a shoving leopard").

    Sep 16 09, 4:26 PM

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