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How do you use Spoonerisms in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Spoonerisms in a sentence

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Spoonerisms | Spoonerism

Spoonerisms meaning

plural of spoonerism

Using Spoonerisms

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of spoonerism

Context around Spoonerisms

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

entitled 1×

Sentence patterns with Spoonerisms

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

based on spoonerisms entitled keep 1× speaks in spoonerisms like shook 1× while spoonerisms are commonly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dooley s original 1× poetry in his 1× while spoonerisms are 1×

Common sentence endings:

hotel in 2017 1× play on words 1× took a shower 1×

Words around Spoonerisms

Just before it in the word index:

spoonerism 8 spooner 45 spooned 14 spoonbills 3 spoon 401 spools 20

Just after it in the word index:

spooners 2 spooney 2 spoonful 52 spoonfuls 13 spoonhour 4 spooning 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Spoonerisms

  • In this selection, "spoonerisms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, entitled stand out and add context to how "spoonerisms" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include based on spoonerisms entitled keep and speaks in spoonerisms like shook. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spoonerisms" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spoonerisms

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Poetry In his poem "Translation," Brian P. Cleary describes a boy named Alex who speaks in spoonerisms (like "shook a tower" instead of "took a shower"). (26 words)

While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words. (31 words)

Dooley’s original compositions are of an extremely high calibre and two that stood out for me were a rhumba based on spoonerisms entitled “Keep on Running” and “Blessed”, which he wrote off-the-cuff while playing a gig at the Hyatt Hotel in 2017. (45 words)

Longer example sentences

Dooley’s original compositions are of an extremely high calibre and two that stood out for me were a rhumba based on spoonerisms entitled “Keep on Running” and “Blessed”, which he wrote off-the-cuff while playing a gig at the Hyatt Hotel in 2017. (45 words)

While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words. (31 words)

Poetry In his poem "Translation," Brian P. Cleary describes a boy named Alex who speaks in spoonerisms (like "shook a tower" instead of "took a shower"). (26 words)

Example sentences (3)

Dooley’s original compositions are of an extremely high calibre and two that stood out for me were a rhumba based on spoonerisms entitled “Keep on Running” and “Blessed”, which he wrote off-the-cuff while playing a gig at the Hyatt Hotel in 2017.

Poetry In his poem "Translation," Brian P. Cleary describes a boy named Alex who speaks in spoonerisms (like "shook a tower" instead of "took a shower").

While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spoonerisms" in a sentence?
An example: "Dooley’s original compositions are of an extremely high calibre and two that stood out for me were a rhumba based on spoonerisms entitled “Keep on Running” and “Blessed”, which he wrote off-the-cuff while playing a gig at the Hyatt Hotel in 2017." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "spoonerisms" from authentic English texts.
What does "spoonerisms" mean?
Spoonerisms means: plural of spoonerism
How many example sentences with "spoonerisms" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "spoonerisms", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.