Accidentally hearing someone wrong by thinking they said one thing when they actually said another. Aural version of scrife.
Did you just say you ate a baby?" "Um...no, I said I HATED babies." "Oh, I totally screefed you. My bad.
by Strange Alice August 9, 2010

Accidentally reading something incorrectly by replacing existing words with different ones. Visual version of screefing
I scrifed that headline, thought it said "Dirty Moustache Devastates Town" when it reallly said "Deadly Mudslide Devastates Town"
by Strange Alice August 9, 2010
