spoonery

the act of acting like a spoon other common words for this are:
spooner, spoon, spoons, spooning, spooned

a person is shovelling food into their mouth and doing nothing else is described as commiting the crime of spoonery

by anthony taylor September 23, 2006

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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.

by Lambchops December 7, 2004

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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.

by mikerspd October 1, 2009

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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.

by Matt Wentzel February 1, 2008

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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"

by Bill M. August 27, 2004

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