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slip of the tongue

NOUN
  1. an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

How To Use slip of the tongue In A Sentence

  • She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.
  • A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard.
  • If you are a Southerner--black or white--and were raised as a churchgoer, that is an unimaginable slip of the tongue. Look at the movement on Gallup's "strong and decisive leader" graph.
  • It was a slip of the tongue.
  • I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name - it was just a slip of the tongue.
  • A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard.
  • So does Michelle consider Tony's slip of the tongue and miraculous recovery of memory a venial or a mortal sin?
  • She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.
  • This could be a year where a lack of diplomacy trips him up, however, especially with Mercury's retrograde motions, when the slightest slip of the tongue can cause legal wrangling.
  • In a slip of the tongue the schemer exposed his true motivation.
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