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Provided by the compucert spoonerism \SPOO-nuh-riz-uhm\, noun:
- The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
Spoonerism comes from the name of the Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), a kindly but nervous Anglican clergyman and educationalist. All the above examples were committed by (or attributed to) him.
Facebookemon- The term used for the collection of people, on your Facebook friends list, that you dont actually talk to or know in real life. Related to popular tv program and game pokeamon, where the aim is to collect as many diffrent Pocket Monsters as possible.
Steve - "How many do you really know? go admit it, most of them are Facebookemon"
John - "Gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all"
Trivia
How big is the Liberty Bell’s famous crack?
- It’s 24 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
- "Give me liberty or give me death": in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry demanded freedom from England for the colonies (1775)
- Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan announced a plan to protect the US from nuclear missiles, quickly dubbed "Star Wars"; the program is now called the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (1983)
- Mir: the Russian space station ended 15 years of orbit, disintegrating and falling into the South Pacific ocean (2001)
- Wernher von Braun (1912-1977): rocket scientist who helped build America's space program; plus, scientists John Bartram (1699-1777), Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) and William Smith (1769-1839)
Jason Kidd (36): Dallas Mavericks point guard; NBA Hall-of-Famer Moses Malone (54) was also born on this date - Keri Russell (33): star of Felicity, Waitress; other actors born on this date include Amanda Plummer (52), Hope Davis (45), Richard Grieco (44), Marin Hinkle (43), Michelle Monaghan (33) and Nicholle Tom (31)
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