gadies and lentlemen

• Properly with gadies as /ˈdʒeɪdiz/.

gadies and lentlemen pl (plural only)

1. (humorous) Spoonerism of ladies and gentlemen
   • 1920, Gray, Violet Gordon, Margery Morris and Plain Jane‎^[1], page 170:

     “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. […]

   • 1992, Holiday, Jane, Gruesome and Bloodsocks move house‎^[2], page 63:

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

   • 1993, Smith, Joan, Poor little rich girl‎^[3], page 105:

     "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."

   • 1995, Forsyth, Patrick, Making successful presentations‎^[4], page 16:

     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.

   • 2006, Von Ziegesar, Cecily, Would I lie to you : a Gossip Girl novel‎^[5], pages 80-81:

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

   • 2007, Schneiderman, Davis, Abecedarium : a novel‎^[6], page n28:

     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.