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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

spoonerism accidental transposition of initial sounds or syllables of words associated in a context. XIX. f. name of the Rev. W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who was said to have been addicted to this; see -ISM
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