lapsus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; see lapse
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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bishop smiled, and said, "suns die" was probably a professional lapsus.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
"A lapsus linguae?" one guest cries, "A pun!" another straight replies.
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard
Even a lapsus linguae, "you uns." was unmistakable amidst the high-flown periods.
From Una Of The Hill Country 1911 by Mary Noailles Murfree
Even a lapsus linguae, "you uns," was unmistakable amidst the high-flown periods.
From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Charles Egbert Craffock
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