speech blunder
Foot in mouth
A speech blunder is a verbal mistake made while speaking—mispronouncing a word, saying the wrong name, or accidentally combining words.
The term often appears in political contexts, where such errors become news: The candidate's speech blunder dominated the next day's headlines.
Distinguished from gaffes, which are errors of judgment rather than slips of the tongue.
- gaffeClumsy social error
- slipMinor error or misstep
- slip of the tongueUnintended verbal error
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- flubClumsy error
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speech blundereloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
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