When I got home that night, the eggcorn led to the mondegreen, which is right up there with the spoonerism, and I forgot that the professor was making a point: spell-check does not catch homophones. |
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Even with a cryptic device as established as the spoonerism, Araucaria played fast and loose, swapping the middles of words or whatever seemed most likely to raise a smile. |
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No, the spoonerism is one word-nightmare of many, or a bad case of word-flu. |
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Sometimes known as a spoonerism, The Brain Store has renamed this clever wordplay exercise. |
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His avuncular manner and penchant for the occasional spoonerism endeared him to football fans, for if ever there was a man who wore his heart on his sleeve, it was he. |
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