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Meatesis

Definition:

1. (noun) The phenomenon in which sounds, letters, or syllables within a word change places, often as a result of metathesis (transposition of sounds).

2. (verb) To interchange or transpose sounds, letters, or syllables within a word.

Examples:

Noun: The occurrence of meatesis in the word "aks" becoming "ask" over time.

Verb: In some dialects, "comfortable" is commonly meatesized to "comfterble".

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