What Figure Is Speech Are These Examples Of?

ToraToraTora | 17:36 Tue 15th Feb 2022 | Phrases & Sayings

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.....Under the second amendment Americans reserve the right to arm bears.
.....A drama critic is one who leaves no turn un stoned.

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jno

the old switcheroo?

I just see it as wordplay, it may have a name.

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doesn't seem to be that bookbinder.

Spoonerism?

I see it as deliberate wordplay which mimics malapropism (or, occasionally, Spoonerism).

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nah spoonerism is just swapping the initial sounds, eg Flutter By became Butter Fly

"Don't live to eat but eat to live" with two words exchanged is an example of chiasmus but your examples use only one of the phrases.

I was about to suggest chiasmus.

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JJ, yes similar to chiasmus/antimetabole but they tend to be phrases.

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