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Fun With Words

Can you imagine that you can play even with words? Yes, you can. Here are three such ways in which you can do so. Read the instructions and do as directed.

Spoonerism

Interchanging of the sound of two words while speaking is called spoonerism. For example, instead of saying ease my tears, you can say tease my ears. This game is named after its inventor William spooner. Here are some famous spoonerisms.

Spoonerism

A half-wormed fish

Our showing leopard

Hags flung

Tons of Soil

Blushing crow

Actual Phrase

A half-formed wish

Our loving Shepherd

Flags hung

Sons of toil

Crushing Flow

Anagram

An anagram is made by reordering the letters of another words or phrases. For example, the words admirer and married have same letters rearranged. Some more examples are:

Words

Sadder

Disease

Earth

Parental

Listen

Anagram

Dreads

Seaside
Heart

Paternal

Silent

Oxymoron

The combination of two opposite words in a phrase is called oxymoron. When two opposite things are put together, it is called oxymoron. For example, pretty ugly and seriously funny. Some more oxymoron are:

Word

Tragic

Virtual

Soft

Found

Extinct

Original

Oxymoron

Tragic comedy

Virtual reality

Soft rock

Found missing

Life extinct

Original copy