Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouso

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mouso
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: clicko"
"In general I think it is poor sportsmanship to gain on a^([sic]) opponent _physical_ slip (mouso, typo and such), but quite ok on _mental_ slips. I find it equally bad sport to _ask_ for undo, on a mental slip."
"Nice. How do you get it to back up, or start over? I made a mouso and now it's unsolveable."
"Just last night, I was selecting multiple files for deletion. I made a "mouso" and Windows thought I had double-clicked a bat file. I was reduced to ejecting the diskette to stop that batch file."

Etymology

From mouse + -o, by analogy with typo.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

mousos (plural)

Questions

What does mouso mean?: An error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.
Where does mouso come from?: From mouse + -o, by analogy with typo.

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