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typo, n. (a.) slang.|ˈtaɪpəʊ|
[Short for typographer or typographic(al).]
a. A typographer, a printer; spec. a compositor.
b. A typographical error.
c. attrib. or as adj. = typographic.
1816Massachusetts Spy 7 Aug. (Thornton), [Printers] will confer a favour on a brother typo [etc.]. 1858Printer Dec. (Bartlett), A manuscript written in 1714–1716, by two ambitious typos. 1880Stationer XXXV. 3 From the humble typo to the grand publisher in his chair. 1891Anthony's Photogr. Bull. IV. 110 Good pressmen for color work, for litho. and typo. presses... What does a typo pressman know about lithographic inks, damping, [etc.]? 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto III. ii. iii. 24 My men..don't like to pass anything till it's free from typos. 1893Leland Mem. I. 286 The typos, reporters, and subs [on a newspaper staff]. 1945E. B. White Let. 10 July (1976) 266 As for the ‘her’—‘hen’ typo, I guessed that it was a typo and that it would be caught. 1963C. D. Simak They walked like Men vi. 36, I went through the story again and caught a couple of typos and fixed up another place or two to make language better. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Sept. 1031/5 Since few proof-readers are perfect, a typo here and there is easily forgiven. |