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What is the noun for spoonerism?

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spoonerism
  1. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No, the spoonerism is one word-nightmare of many, or a bad case of word-flu.”
      “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.”
      “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.”
spoonerisms
  1. plural of spoonerism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Adam tries to object to this and other outrages, but he's so flustered that all that comes out are exasperated spoonerisms.”
      “They speak in spoonerisms and malapropisms and put forward bizarre concepts and beliefs.”
      “Each day has a statement containing spoonerisms, malapropisms, contradictions, strange and unrelated facts, and misuse of words.”
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