slip of the tongue

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It could be a slip of the tongue, a flash of anger or even a strong reaction from an audience member.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

It seems unlikely that Baldwin’s comments to Funke were a slip of the tongue.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

If the occasional slip of the tongue yielded a few bad stories, Mr. McCain dusted himself off and went right back to the reporters in the rear of the bus.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

A slip of the tongue highlighted how the events had caught the state’s public figures by surprise: Harris, formally introducing Butler to the Senate as the appointee for Feinstein’s “unexpired term,” instead said “unexpected.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

I was not a great believer in psychiatry but still, who knew what a trained eye might see in a personality test, a dream, even a slip of the tongue?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt