spooner

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A person who swaps the first sounds of words by mistake when speaking

noun
/ˈspuːnər/

: confusor

Examples

Ladies, the spooner wait is over.

The Fog (2005)
All right, spooner, just relax.

The Fog (2005)
Better yet, learn to be a better spooner and turn the heat off entirely; save both of you some cash.

Blog text (2)
And spooner wasn't lying.

The Fog (2005)
He accidentally became a famous spooner when he swapped the sounds in his speech during the live show.
Everyone laughed when the comedian became a spooner and turned his simple phrases into a hilarious mess.
As a spooner, he often left his friends in stitches with his funny word swaps during conversations.

Surface Forms

spooner singular

spooners plural

Etymology

Spooner comes from the name of a teacher named Spooner at Oxford who was famous for accidentally switching the first sounds of words. So a spooner is someone who makes these funny swaps, like saying 'right lane' instead of 'light rain'.