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Writo means the same thing as typo, but you made a mistake in writing instead of typing
(Person) made a writo; instead of writing "hamburger" they wrote "hmabruger"

(Person) made a writo by forgetting to capitalize the first letter of their sentence.
writo by ThisMerhorseUwU February 9, 2023
mis-write: a mistake in handwritten matter resulting from mechanical failures. (Similar to Typo)

A handwriting error

Short for writographical error
I cannot believe the prospective coop sent us a thank you card with a writo in it.
Writo by AndyND November 21, 2010
An error caused by “Writing” on paper, similar to a “Typo”.
Jimmy was doing a research paper on Baseball, and wrote “Cunt” instead of “Bunt”. Classic writo.
Writo by MoogliDoe January 19, 2018
Like a typo, when you write fast enough to match the speed of your thoughts and mistakenly write the wrong letter or word.
I made a writo in these notes, do you have whiteout?

I write sins not tragedies 

To this day the only song in all of history that has ever succeeded in getting thousands of people to scream ‘whore’ in perfect harmony.
Brendon Urie during I write sins not tragedies: "What a shame the poor groom's bride is a-"
The entire world: "WHORE!"

Written in the chips 

If you believe that something is written in the stars, you believe that it will be made to happen by a force that controls the future.

However, when something is written in the chips then it also becomes folklore within the Facebook Crockpot cooking community.
Susie made it so that her and Stuart's love would be written in the stars forever. Stuart had it written in the chips. Only then did Karen, James and their slow cooking companions know that Stuart did in fact love Susie. She was his liginto.
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
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