slip of the lip



slip of the lip

Also, slip of the tongue or pen . An inadvertent mistake in speaking (or writing), as in It was just a slip of the lip that made me say the wrong name, or She didn't mean it; it was a slip of the tongue, or He intended to write "the honorable" but a slip of the pen turned it into "reverend." The usage with pen dates from the mid-1600s; the others are a century or so younger.
See also: lip, of, slip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CarlisleKAHR-lielEnglish
Motel-Yiddish
DeborahDEB-ə-rə (English), DEB-rə (English)English, Hebrew, Biblical
Jasmijnyahs-MIENDutch
Netta (2)-Hebrew
NicolausNEE-ko-lows (German)German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)