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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slip of the tonguenoun

    an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

GCIDE

  1. slip of the tonguenoun

    an unintentional utterance; a mistake in speaking.

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  1. slip of the tonguenoun

    A mistake in speech.

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  1. Slip of the Tongue

    Slip of the Tongue is the eighth studio album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1989. The album peaked at number 10 on both the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. Three singles were released from the album: "Fool for Your Loving '89", "The Deeper the Love" and "Now You're Gone". All the singles hit the US Mainstream Rock Tracks Top 40, two of which, "The Deeper the Love" and "Fool for Your Loving" cracked the Top 5. Slip of the Tongue has sold over one million copies in the US, reaching platinum status."Fool for Your Loving" originally appeared on the album Ready an' Willing, but it was re-recorded for this album.

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  1. slip of the tongue

    A slip of the tongue is an unintentional mistake in speech where a person says something different from what they intended to say. It could be a mispronunciation, wrong word, or a mix-up of phrases or sentences, often due to a lapse in concentration, confusion, stress or tiredness. The term is also known as a "spoonerism" or a "verbal slip."

Wikidata

  1. Slip of the Tongue

    Slip of the Tongue is the eighth album by the British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1989. This is the band's eighth studio album overall. The album peaked at number 10 on both the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. Three singles were released from the album: "Fool for Your Loving", "The Deeper the Love" and "Now You're Gone". All the singles hit the Mainstream Rock Tracks top 40, and "The Deeper the Love" and "Fool For Your Loving" were top 5. Slip of the Tongue has sold over one million copies. "Fool for Your Loving" originally appeared on the Ready an' Willing album, but it was re-recorded for this album.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip of the tongue in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip of the tongue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of slip of the tongue in a Sentence

  1. Rajan:

    A slip of the tongue is not the fault of the mind a kick on the arse will bring back the mind

  2. Larry Noble:

    He's going to say Campaign Legal Center was a slip of the tongue, but that's absolute nonsense at this point.

  3. Benjamin Franklin:

    A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.


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