crosstalk vs spoonerism

crosstalk

noun
  • A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue. 

  • The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway. 

  • Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits. 

  • Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion. 

verb
  • To hold an incidental conversation 

spoonerism

noun
  • A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. 

How often have the words crosstalk and spoonerism occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )