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Malapropism BrownieLocks and the Three Bears - http://www.brownielocks.com/Pizazz.html - Scroll down to nearly the bottom Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism Fun with Words: http://www.fun-with-words.com/mala_malapropisms.html
Spoonerism BrownieLocks and the Three Bears - http://www.brownielocks.com/spoonerisms.html Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism Fun with Words: http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoonerisms.html World Wide Words: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-spo4.htm
Palindromes BrownieLocks and the Three Bears - http://www.brownielocks.com/palindromes.html Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromes Fun with Words: http://www.fun-with-words.com/palindromes.html
Types of Word Play: Anagrams, Palindromes, Spoonerisms, Oxymorons, Tongue Twisters, Pangrams, Rebus Puzzles, Malapropisms, Mnemonics, Tom Swifties, Word Records, Nym Words, Redundancies, Ambiguities, Net Lingua, Etymology, Rhyming Slang, and more I would suppose. BrownieLocks and the Three Bears - http://www.brownielocks.com/Pizazz.html http://www.fun-with-words.com/ http://www.worldwidewords.org
Books to Read How to Win a Pullet Surprise: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of our Language by Jack Smith The Dictionary of Wordplay by Dave Morice The Game of Words by Willard Espy The Best of An Almanac of Words at Play by Willard R. Espy Also go here for a list of great books: http://www.fun-with-words.com/wordplay_bookshop.html

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