blapsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

blaps (plural blapses)

1. (informal, South Africa) A blunder, a mistake.
   • 2007 October 20, Bob Dubery, “Re: Has anybody else noticed?”, in soc.culture.south-africa‎ (Usenet):

     It seems to me that those are the kind of mistakes that might be made by somebody who does not have English as a first language - and I believe that Feri is such a person. ¶ Besides, do spelling or grammatical blapses invalidate an argument?

Further reading

• “blaps, noun.”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2024.
• “blaps n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present