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A spoonerism occurs when the first letters or syllables of two or more words get swapped. The term spoonerism is named in honor of the Reverend William Archibald Spooner whose students used to write down all the instances of spoonerisms that he made. This page focuses on spoonerisms in song titles.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 5373 entries in this section.
"Daft Roger Drag," Pete Seger originally "Draft Dodger Rag"
Lydia Idyl
"Raft Dodger Drag," Pete Seger originally "Draft Dodger Rag"
Lydia Idyl
"Love Will Wind A Fay," Pablo Cruise originally "Love Will Find A Way"
Sylvia Curruca
"Rootin' On The Pits," Taco originally "Puttin' On The Ritz"
Opie M.
"Dairy To Start," Arcade Fire originally "Ready To Start"
Sylvia Curruca
"The Done Wining Cable Car," Anberlin originally "The Unwinding Cable Car"
Sylvia Curruca
"Don't Hurry, Be Wappy," Bobby McFerrin originally "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Neat spoonerism, even if "wappy" isn't a word.
Henrietta Caroleen Ellenboro
"Ban Dora's Pox," Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark originally "Pandora's Box"
Henrietta Caroleen Ellenboro
"She Lives In Lie Map," Outkast originally "She Lives In My Lap"
She must inhabit a fictitious place.
Sylvia Curruca
"You Should Hear How Ye Talks About Shoe," Melissa Manchester originally "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
Linda Radnil
"Bays Dough Guy," Dirty Vegas originally "Days Go By"
Washington Irving Berlin Wall Flower Pot Boiler
"Bays Dough Guy," Dirty Vegas originally "Days Go By"
Washington Irving Berlin Wall Flower Pot Boiler
"Ready Stew Tart," Arcade Fire originally "Read To Start"
Carolyn Morgenstern
"Hot In Nigh Mouse," Rooney originally "Not In My House"
Corinne Auterlehr
"Hedge Of Evan," Wham! originally "Edge Of Heaven"
Farlow Maitland
"Jan Sized Mob," Denise LaSalle originally "Man-Sized Job"
Sylvia Curruca
"Umm...... Must A Wigeon?," Ashton Shepherd originally "I'm Just A Woman"
Wigeon is a kind of duck.
Blake DeKalb
"Steady Rue Tart," Arcade Fire originally "Ready To Start"
Henrietta Caroleen Ellenboro
"Little Sis Mad," The Five Emprees originally "Little Miss Sad"
Sylvia Curruca
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