marrowsky

marrowsky
A phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are accidentally transposed. It is a synonym of spoonerism.

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  • marrowsky — 1863, said to derive from the proper name of a Polish count. A deformed language in which the initial consonants of contiguous words are transposed [OED]. Cf. SPOONERISM (Cf. spoonerism) …   Etymology dictionary

  • marrowsky — mar·row·sky …   English syllables

  • marrowsky — məˈrau̇skē noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : spoonerism …   Useful english dictionary

  • Spoonerismus — Karikatur von William Spooner in einer Ausgabe von Vanity Fair aus dem Jahre 1898 Als Spoonerismus bezeichnet man eine absichtliche oder unabsichtliche Vertauschung von worteinleitenden Phonemen oder Morphemen, wodurch sich neue, meist witzige… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Spoonerism — A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis). It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College,… …   Wikipedia

  • bull — Synonyms and related words: Brahman, Dogberry, Indian buffalo, Irish bull, John Law, Pastoral Epistle, aerogram, air letter, airgraph, anacoluthon, andric, appointment, assault, aurochs, babble, balderdash, balls, baloney, bear, bear the market,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fluff — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, aerate, air, anacoluthon, bad job, ball up, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blow, blubber, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, boot, botch, breeze, bubble, bull, bungle, butter,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • malapropism — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, abuse of terms, acrostic, alliteration, allusion, amphibologism, amphiboly, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, anagram, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, apophasis, aporia,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • mispronunciation — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, anacoluthon, bull, cacoepy, cacology, catachresis, corruption, fluff, folk etymology, gammacism, grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, lambdacism, malaprop, malapropism, marrowsky, missaying,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • misusage — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, abuse, abuse of office, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, barbarism, befoulment, bull, catachresis, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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