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Slip of the tongue

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mistake in speech. idiomatic

    "It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way."

  2. 2
    an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Latin lapsus linguae.

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