slip of the tongue

1. 1.

   an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

   Broadermisstatement

   Narrowerspoonerism

Questions about slip of the tongue

What does slip of the tongue mean?

slip of the tongue means "an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking".

Is slip of the tongue a common word?

slip of the tongue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.