… or ‘How To Speak Typo’ by Jane Jago
askhole (noun) – mouth
beliveable (adjective) – of a fixer-up house, the state it will attain in about five years
brois (noun) – compulsive liar
canservative (adjective) – self-serving (see brois)
carrit (noun) – measure of orangeness
delsion (noun) – unsatisfactory explanation
drafth (adverb) – to drag out unnecessarily as in his accusation was both drafth and probably baseless
freght (noun) – someone else’s luggage found where you expected your own to be
hadnsome (adjective) – a man who may have been good looking in his youth, who is now rather jaded and ragged at the edges
lotal (adjective) – humourless and with a leaning towards religious obsession (Example: The Lotal Singing Nuns of Saint Crumplesham)
otherircumstances (noun) – puzzling twist in a fantasy story usually heralded by the arrival of a mysterious wizard
plitics (noun) – the shenanigans in government that surprise the electorate so much they can’t even say ‘oh’
pointsome (adjective) – handsome, but only in small areas of the body (eg navel, or the baby toe on the left foot)
prinisple (noun) – one of a number of redundant nipples
politcal (adjective) of cake, heavy and tasteless
qween (noun) – very old woman who likes a nip of gin
reep (noun) – the cry of the lesser-spotted blabberbird
somaething (verb) – trying to smoke a damp cigarette
trcik (noun) – a special karate move
uwswall (verb) – the rinsing of one’s mouth at the dentist
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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