writo

English

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Etymology

From write +‎ -o, after the pattern of typo.

Noun

writo (plural writos)

1. An error made when writing by hand.

   Coordinate terms: typo; misprint; clicko, copy-pasto, scanno, speako, spello, thinko

   Near-synonyms: slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ; miswriting

   • 1993 May 15, Russ Hunt, “going with the typo”, in bit.listserv.mbu-l‎ (Usenet):

     He moved on to discuss errors beyond the typo -- the speako, the writo, and ultimately the conceivo (walking up to the combination-locked door on our computer lab, I reach into my pocket and pull my keys out).

   • 2008 October 12, dee.cee.vee [username], “Vista vs Tablet [ Vista the Winner ]”, in microsoft.public.windows.tabletp‎ (Usenet):

     I am much quicker at writing than typing and I make many more typos than I do "writos."

   • 2015, Tony Fairman, “Language in print and handwriting”, in Anita Auer, Daniel Schreier, Richard J. Watts, editors, Letter Writing and Language Change, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 69:

     After individual styles, hapax legomena and writos (slips of writers' pens, as typos are accidental but patterned slips of typists' fingers) have been identified and isolated, the structures of the language of all writers can be researched.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:writo.

Translations

error in writing

Finnish: kirjoitusvirhe (fi)