A slip of the tongue, a mistake in uttering a word, an imprudent word inadvertently spoken.
We have also adopted the Latin phrases lapsus calami (a slip of the pen), and lapsus memoriœ (a slip of the memory).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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