writo

Definitions

An error made when writing by hand.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“He moved on to discuss⟳ errors beyond the typo -- the speako, the writo, and ultimately the conceivo (walking up to the combination-locked door on our computer lab, I reach⟳ into my pocket and pull⟳ my keys out).”

“I am much quicker at writing than typing and I make⟳ many more typos than I do "writos."”

“After individual styles, hapax legomena and writos (slips of writers' pens, as typos are accidental but patterned slips of typists' fingers) have⟳ been identified and isolated, the structures of the language of all writers can be researched.”

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