Typo

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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