Spoonerism

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Spoonerism

Spoonerism

A word combination in which, due to expression distortion, the consonants between two words are swapped, for example: "צֻחָה וּבֻכֶּקֶת" instead of "בּוֹכֶה וְצֹחֶקֶת", "זָרַח מִפְרָחֳנִי" instead of "פֶּרַח מִזִּכָּרוֹנִי", etc.

(Modern Hebrew)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּטּוּי מְשֻׂכָּל, ביטוי משוכל

Definition (Hebrew)

צֵרוּף מִלִּים שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ שִׁבּוּשׁ הוּחלְפוּ בוֹ הָעִצּוּרִים בֵּין שְׁתֵּי הַמִּלִּים, כְּמו דּוּגְמָה "צֹחָהּ וּבוֹחֶקֶת" בִּמְקוֹם "בּוֹכָה וְצֹחֶקֶת", "זָרַח מִפִּרְחוֹנִי" בִּמְקוֹם "פָּרַח מִזִּכְרוֹנִי", וְכָדו'.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

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