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Discover LudwigThe phrase "verbal blunder" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to a mistake made in spoken language, often resulting in confusion or misunderstanding. Example: "During the presentation, he made a verbal blunder that left the audience puzzled."
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But he instead made what may be the biggest verbal blunder since a boy cried wolf.
Malapropism, verbal blunder in which one word is replaced by another similar in sound but different in meaning.
The former NFL offensive lineman soon issued an apology for his "verbal blunder" via Twitter.
I want to apologize for a verbal blunder on @MikeAndMike I used the word Holocaust and quickly correct myself.
I would have immediately raced to my social media accounts and begged forgiveness for my verbal blunder.
Here was a supremely talented and accomplished woman who had made a verbal blunder, and we punished her by making her put on an apron.
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He does not question her qualifications or mention any of her verbal blunders.
When Mr. Bush spoke without a teleprompter, viewers braced themselves for verbal blunders and mixed metaphors.
A string of ministerial scandals and verbal blunders during Mr Abe's brief administration suggest poor judgment at least.
That play on words has since been used often to deride the tendency of politicians to commit verbal blunders.
His two months in office have been marred by a series of verbal blunders, including some disturbing invocations of Japan's militarist past.
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