Meaning of gadies and lentlemen | Babel Free

Definitions

Spoonerism of ladies and gentlemen

humorous, plural, plural-only

Examples

““Jack, behave,” ordered Mrs. Endicott, but Jack was enjoying himself too much to stop⟳. “Ladies and gentlemen — or I should say⟳, gadies and lentlemen — I will now give⟳ you an address in the style of my esteemed sister Jane Gale — or Gain⟳ Jail, I should say⟳. […]”

“‘Gadies and lentlemen,’ said Gruesome and there was a sympathetic ripple of amusement.”

“"Gadies and lentlemen," Rob⟳ said, and groaned. "I practiced that speech for days, then stood up in front of five hundred people and and made a fool of myself with that spoonerism."”

“You make⟳ a start⟳: ‘Good morning, Gadies and Lentlemen’. Your mouth is dry and you do not seem to be able to catch⟳ your breath.”

““Gadies and lentlemen, welcome⟳ to our first meeting of our first salon of the inaugural meeting of our group." He burped quietly.”

“We can listen⟳ day and night to this ectoplasmic ennui, strangely self-pitying and megalomaniacal at once, OR, like⟳ the inertia and entropy of this jurisprudential jalopy we call⟳ legal-eagle ratiocination command us to do, we can look⟳ to the matter⟳ of the matter⟳: and the matter⟳ was had, gadies and lentlemen of our furry, slightly blurry, and gerry-rigged jury.”

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