Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A typographical error.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of typographic, typographical, or typography.
- noun A compositor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. a typographical error; an error in typing, printing, etc.
- noun colloq. A compositor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial, dated A
compositor ; atypographer . - noun A spelling or
typographical error . - verb To make a typographical error.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
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Examples
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"I just skimmed over this but please tell me the title typo is a joke ......"
Scientific Blogging News Account 2010
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Forgive the title typo in the YouTube video page though.
Ubergizmo 2010
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The Saudi Kingdom is on the defensive on what it calls a typo on it's tourism Web site, a mistake they said.
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A handwritten sign with a "typo" is better than renny
So, that ‘Crash the Tea Party’ thing was a bust. | RedState 2010
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But just for fun - the first person to leave a comment stating what the typo is gets a Psy/Changeling series magnet.
Cover Love: Archangel's Kiss Nalini Singh 2009
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That typo is quit the understatement. $114 from LAX to SFO!
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It’s Just Going to Get Worse 2010
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I find lack of proofreading as unacceptable as, hell, substandard glue in the binding; a book with typo after typo is as unreadable to me as one with its pages falling out.
Status & Blogathon 2009
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They also plan to sell at BORDERS too and not just at the fictional “Boarders” in typo land.
Agency model talk has careless readers excited for moment 2010
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The chosen typo is more IBM than a persian fairy tale ...
Final Poster for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time | /Film 2010
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But just for fun - the first person to leave a comment stating what the typo is gets a Psy/Changeling series magnet.
Archive 2009-07-01 Nalini Singh 2009
82times commented on the word typo
I'm looking for a word that means "a typo that changes the meaning of the surrounding idea."
Its something I do all the time. Here's some examples from recent iChat logs:
meant: I'm not gonna go there tonight.
typed: I'm not gonna go here tonight.
meant: you get an A for the trumpet
typed: you get an A for the trumped
meant: i like this one so far
typed: i like this one say far
meant: new york times
typed: new your times
Sometimes I find that its just a missed or mistyped letter, but other times its a word that I was going to write two sentences later, some kinda brain-bored-waiting-for-fingers thing.
Does anyone else wrestle with this?
September 26, 2007
john commented on the word typo
Wrestle with, yes. Have word for, no (though I'd like one).
Semantic typos like that are doubly pernicious because they're usually spellcheck-proof.
September 26, 2007
john commented on the word typo
Um... how about "semantic typo?"
September 26, 2007
82times commented on the word typo
that works pretty well. i think i'll use that.
September 26, 2007
reesetee commented on the word typo
My hero.
April 28, 2008
Logophile77 commented on the word typo
The verb is short for "typographically err".
January 26, 2018
tbtabby commented on the word typo
In Scrabble, a word that looks like a misspelling of another word. Useful for tricking opponents into challenging valid words. For example, sycosis looks like a misspelling of psychosis.
November 27, 2019