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Revision as of 00:59, November 26, 2010
A spoon is an eating utensil characterized by its smooth concave surface (from the eater's point of view).
Types
There are various types of spoons, including soup spoons (a mid-size spoon with with a round bowl), dessert spoons (a mid-size spoon with an oval bowl), serving spoons (a large usually oval spoon used for conveying food from a serving dish to a plate or bowl), teaspoons (small oval spoons), coffee spoons (even smaller oval spoons), egg spoons (often made of horn), grapefruit spons (an oval spoon with a deep bowl and a sharp edge), and jam spoons (which have cutaways like a violin on each side of the bowl).
A spork is a cross between a spoon and a fork.
Other Uses
A spoonerism is created when a speaker switches the consonants between two words. For example: "shake a tower" as a substitution for "take a shower." The Shel Silverstein book Runny Babbit is another famous example. Brad Pitt was recently criticized for calling his daughter Shiloh, on the grounds that it could result in an unfortunate spoonerism.