Akademik

metaphasis
n.
Transposing sounds or letters in a word or phrase (e.g., "stits and farts" instead of "fits and starts").
Notes:
Such phrases are known more popularly as "Spoonerisms" after the Reverend William Spooner who was famous for mangling phrases ("Which of us has not felt in his heart a half-warmed fish?").
Category:
Language (General)

New words. 2013.