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slip-up

DEFINITIONS OF: slip-up

1

n a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Synonyms:
miscue, parapraxis, slip
Types:
Freudian slip
a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
Type of:
error, fault, mistake
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
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