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Something said by self-described birdwatcher?
Answer for the clue "Something said by self-described birdwatcher? ", 10 letters:
spoonerism
Alternative clues for the word spoonerism
- "Blushing crow" for "crushing blow."
- Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
- Burly chassis for Shirley Bassey, say?
- Trump the jack, e.g.
- Hated the book, perhaps
- "Let me sew you to your sheet," e.g
- Silly sound transposition
- ''Let me sew you to your sheet,'' e.g
- Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married
Word definitions for spoonerism in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1900, but according to OED in use at Oxford as early as 1885, involuntary transposition of sounds in two or more words (such as "shoving leopard" for "loving shepherd," "half-warmed fish" for "half-formed wish," "beery work speaking to empty wenches," etc.), ...
Usage examples of spoonerism.
Two other special interest groups are SIGVOICE, concentrating on topics ranging from accents to spoonerisms, and SIGTRAN, dedicated to the art of translation.