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I thought that if I say swell foop instead of fell swoop, that may get stuck in your mind and you will eventually start saying it wrong
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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
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ulemmyagain lemmy.world ulemmyagain@lemmy.world
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I love me a spoonerism 😀

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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I love me a spoonerism 😀

Swell foop.

Thing is, you can't unsee it now. You can never unsee it.

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Tomtits lemmy.dbzer0.com blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-10
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Swell foop is much better

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FriendOfDeSoto startrek.website FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-12
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That's ucked fup.

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Diddlydee feddit.uk Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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Filly Sucker

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_Foop

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Kristell herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol
Joined: 2026-01-13
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My favorite spoonerism still has to be one of the examples from Spooner himself: Jesus was a shoving lepherd

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spittingimage lemmy.world spittingimage@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-20
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After reading that, I can't remember which way I used to say it. Why have you done this to me?!

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ElectricMachman lemmy.sdf.org LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-09
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My parents say "foul swoop" and I have to say, swell foop is better

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uhmbah lemmy.ca uhmbah@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Not one person has noticed my saying, "I'll see it when I believe it"

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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
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In the Disney movie Peter Pan, one of the lost boys mispronounced strategy as "stragety" and honestly, I like that word better

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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
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Not one person has noticed my saying, "I'll see it when I believe it"

Most people don't notice me deliberately misspelling Untied States

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Leviathan fedinsfw.app Leviathan@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-06-06
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In the Disney movie Peter Pan, one of the lost boys mispronounced strategy as "stragety" and honestly, I like that word better

I almost only ever say stragedy, I find it very funny.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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I almost only ever say stragedy, I find it very funny.

Such a tragedy.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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Not one person has noticed my saying, "I'll see it when I believe it"

"I won't sit here and take this anymore!" while standing keeps me up at night.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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After reading that, I can't remember which way I used to say it. Why have you done this to me?!

Hey it happened to me, too!

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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That's ucked fup.

You basty nitch!

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