dysvocabulum

The phenomenon of using an incorrect word, spelled properly, when emailing, texting, chatting, or instant messaging. Sometimes, it is a homonym and sometimes just a word similar in letters and length. Often, this seems to be the result of fingers typing and brain thinking out of sync.

Examples of dysvocabulum include:

"I really blue that one!" (blew)

"Make sure you same your document." (save)

He must suffer from dysvocabulum (D.V.), because he just IMed me to, "Do it the write way."

by JohnnyTest17 November 3, 2011