Meaning of Typo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A typographical error.
2. A compositor; a typographer.
   colloquial, countable, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ”

“Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.”

“His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.”

“On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.”

““Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now.”

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