slip of the tongue

A small mistake made when speaking. I accidentally called John by his brother's name. It was just a slip of the tongue.

slip of the tongue

an error in speaking in which a word is pronounced incorrectly, or in which the speaker says something unintentionally. I didn't mean to tell her that. It was a slip of the tongue. I failed to understand the instructions because the speaker made a slip of the tongue at an important point.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Franklyn	['fræŋkliŋ]
Geoffroi	-	Medieval French
Ozi	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Wibowo	-	Indonesian, Javanese
ClÁUdio	-	Portuguese
Meuric	-	Welsh