slip of the tongue

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

slip of the tongue
    n 1: an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

slip of the tongue \slip of the tongue\ n.
   an unintentional utterance; a mistake in speaking.

   Syn: slip of the lip.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "slip of the tongue":
      balk, bevue, false move, false step, inadvertence, inadvertency,
      lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, miscue,
      misstep, omission, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble, trip,
      wrong step

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