thinko

Definitions

A careless mistake made in thinking.

slang

Examples

“I must have⟳ done quite a thinko, but I don't remember⟳ leaving my keys in the refrigerator.”

“1998, K. G. Binmore, Game Theory and the Social Contract, Volume 2: Just Playing, page 34, We need⟳ to face⟳ the fact that thinkos are likely to be much more important, even though such a source of noise is much harder to model⟳.”

“Spell-checkers can help⟳ with simple types such as misspeIIings and repeated words, but they are little defense against the equally common "thinkos," such as the inconvenience/incontinence example above. Your only defense against thinkos is a careful read⟳.”

“I don't know⟳ about you, but I don't want⟳ to grovel through a bunch of code blocks to track down a typo or thinko.”

“There are two kinds of linguistic missteps, the typos and the thinkos. Typos are the processing glitches that intercede between a thought and its expression. They can make⟳ you look⟳ foolish, but they aren't really the signs of an intellectual or ethical deficiency, the way thinkos are.”

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