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What is it called when you accidentally say a completely different word than the one intended?

Asked by Kingkamandi (149points) April 5th, 2009

For example, if I mean to say “I’d like to buy this book, please.” but instead it comes out “I’d like to buy this orange, please? What is this phenomena called? Aphasia, a Spoonerism, what?

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