…. or ‘How To Speak Typo’ by Jane Jago
buson (noun) – heavily armoured brassiere
cadgiran (noun) – warm woolly, worn by unreliable gentleman
chils (noun) – small person with a perpetually runny nose
digsust (noun) – assistant gardener
ebhind (noun) – a person with a Bambi fixation
fiendr (noun) – false friend
giggkes (noun) – chuckles that end in hiccoughs
moom (noun) – elongated female parent
nomran (adjective) – of architecture, seldom perpendicular
rokcet (noun) – salad leaf whose flavour is vaguely reminiscent of elderly training shoes
sumb (noun) – a column of numbers that comes to a different total every time you add it up
sytaighforward (adverb) – of gait denoting having the chest poked forward and the ass cheeks pressed as far back as possible
tuhmb (noun) – the sound a cat makes just prior to vomiting
usueful (adverb) – of teaching not entirely successful but well-intentioned
waelse (noun) – the offspring of a marsupial and a garden chair
Disclaimer: all these words are genuine typos defined by Jane Jago. The source of each is withheld to protect the guilty.
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