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slip-up

[slip-uhp]

slip-up

[slip-uhp]
noun
a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.

Origin:
1850–55; noun use of verb phrase slip up


error, lapse, bungle.

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Slip-up is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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slip-up

noun
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip
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