Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition

spoon er ism

BrE /spunrzm/
NAmE /spunrzm/
noun
a mistake in which you change around the first sounds of two words by mistake when
saying them, often with a humorous result, for example well-boiled icicle for
well-oiled bicycle
Named after W.A. Spooner (18441930), the head of New College, Oxford,
who was said to have made many mistakes like this when he spoke.

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