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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
noun; portmanteau of ‘sports’ and ‘boner’; athletic metaphor meaning: a team or an athlete performs so well that it effects one sexually; applies to both men and women; verb: sponerise
Man, those Seahawks are giving the entire Pacific Northwest a sponer!

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

Spoonerp 

A Spoonerp is something that is very funny and cool, and is amazing.
"What are you doing?"
"Watching tiktok. Its the very funny and cool spoonerp, she's the best"
"Omg I love spoonerp!"
Spoonerp by ......H...... July 18, 2021