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Spoonerism 

Transposing the letters of two words to form new ones.

Usually done when you are talking faster than your brain can keep up with.
An unfortunate spoonerism:

The gymnasts displayed some cunning stunts.
Spoonerism by Lambchops December 7, 2004
Related Words

spoonerflap 

The area of the breast that rests on the owner's torso when in the standing position.
The doctor lifted the woman's spoonerflap and placed it on the mammography machine.

There is a video on YouTube called "Melons Crushing Melons" showing a woman crushing a watermelon with her breast by slamming her spoonerflap into it repeatedly.
spoonerflap by mikerspd October 1, 2009

spooner street 

In Family Guy the street that the Griffins live on.
Guy:Do you know where The Griffins live

Other Guy:Are you retarted? 31 spooner street.
spooner street by Matt Wentzel February 1, 2008
A freshly sprung boner (n.) (spro-ner).
1. Every morning I wake up with a sproner.

2. I suddenly realized I had a sproner in the middle of class.

3. I saw that hot chick and I got a sproner.
sproner by Jon of B. January 18, 2006

spoonerism 

A word or phrase created by swapping the initial letters (or first consonant sounds) of two words or syllables to get a new word word or phrase. The spelling doesn't have to be correct, only the pronounciation is important. The term "spoonerism" was named after Reverend W.A. Spooner (1844-1930).

Not to be confused with anagrams, palindromes, and other word games.
- "Peas and carrots" is a spoonerism of "keys and parrots"
- "tea bags" becomes "bee tags"
- "trail mix" becomes "mail tricks"
- "Save the whales" becomes "wave the sails"
- "forearm" becomes "oar farm"
spoonerism by Bill M. August 27, 2004

sprootemstold 

Sprootemstold water is a cocktail first named by a Brazilian aspiring engineer and his Germanic mad scientist peer.

Its name derives from the following sentence: SParkling ROOm TEMperature STill cOLD water, a drink which consists of sparkling room temperature water and cold still water, in varied proportions. (50/50 advisable, 75/25 for extra sparklinnes/refreshingness)

It was first named after a BB gun shootout on a smouldering summer afternoon.
"Hey Bob, pass me that Sprootemstold cocktail, will you?"

"Oh man I am so thirsty, a sprootemstold would do me right now!"
sprootemstold by H43d August 23, 2011