2018年4月25日 星期三

thinko, typo, misspeak, weaselly

There are two types of speech mistakes. “Typos” are ubiquitous, and listeners hardly notice many of them. “Thinkos” go deeper; they betray that the speaker might not actually know something
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  • 2A deceitful or treacherous person.
    ‘he was a double-crossing weasel’

VERB weaselled, weasels, weaseling, weaselling, weaseled

[NO OBJECT]
  • 1Achieve something by use of cunning or deceit.
    ‘she suspects me of trying to weasel my way into his affections’


misspeak

VERBmisspoke, misspoken

[NO OBJECT]US 
  • Express oneself in an insufficiently clear or accurate way.
    ‘claiming that she misspoke, she served up a second explanation’
    ‘perhaps he misspoke himself’



typo

NOUNplural typos

informal 
  • A typographical error.

Origin

Early 19th century: abbreviation.



thinko

NOUNplural thinkos

informal 
  • A mistake in one's thought processes; a mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

Origin

1990s: formed on the pattern of typo.
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thinko

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Etymology[edit]

From think +‎ -o, on the model of typo (typographical error).

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thinko (plural thinkos)
  1. (slang, neologism) A careless mistake made in thinkingquotations ▼
    I must have done quite a thinko, but I don't remember leaving my keys in the refrigerator.

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