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noun

• the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

30%7 Slip-up in a blooper reel
noun

• an embarrassing mistake

30%7 A blooper
noun

• an embarrassing mistake

verb

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• utter impulsively

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