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spoonerism

Transposing inappropriate begginnings on two different words.
Jordan made the ultimate spoonerism today when he said, "They were ligging the erections."
by Maria Klodowsky May 29, 2007
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spoonerism

- the unintentional transportation of sounds or of parts of words in speaking
"half-warmed fish"
for
"half-formed wish"
by Jessica September 11, 2003
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scooterism

The practice of religiously falling off of one's scooter and/or moped.. and possibly their Vespa?

Anyway, they then wah about their knee-scabs. An excellent candidate for and ambulance chaser with uptarded intelligence.
See also Warclaidhm.
by Kevinhm December 26, 2004
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Scooterist

What you call a grown up mod who's realised how stupid he looks.
Too smart for a scooterboy, but too old to be a mod? Scooterist.
by SBWNik July 21, 2011
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Snooperism

A misspelling or mispronuciation of a word in which two letters are switched. The well-established term Spoonerism refers to the switching of letters or sounds within a phrase. Snooperism refers to the same phenomenon occurring specifically inside a single word. The word Snooperism is itself a Snooperism if one means to say Spoonerism.
A: "Three cheers for our queer old dean!" Ha! Didn't you mean to say "dear old queen?" There's a word for such a fumble, isn't there? A Snooperism, right?

B: So what if I uttered a Spoonerism? You fool, you've just committed a Snooperism!
by quandary September 30, 2009
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Spoonerism

To have an aneurysm while spooning.
"He started to have a spoonerism last night when we were spooning."
by a babies goad April 4, 2017
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scooterist

Someone with class, not unlike Donegal Paul.
by Paul Canning October 29, 2003
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