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mouso

mouso noun: an error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.

Noun

mouso (plural mousos)

  1. (rare, slang) An error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.
    • 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.1995 August 12, Tommy Thorn, “Re: Undo or Not”, in rec.games.go (Usenet)

Examples of mouso in a sentence

  • I made a mouso and now it's unsolveable.1998 October 23, in...@fdhoekstra.nl, “Re: [I] Rubik's Cube”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):
  • I made a "mouso" and Windows thought I had double-clicked a bat file.1999 February 26, Stan Brown, “Re: Gravity - Two Questions”, in alt.usenet.offline-reader (Usenet):

Forms of mouso

pluralmousos

Origin of mouso

From mouse + -o, by analogy with typo.

Questions about mouso

What does mouso mean?
Mouso means an error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.
How do you use mouso in a sentence?
I made a mouso and now it's unsolveable.
What part of speech is mouso?
Mouso is a noun.
What is the plural of mouso?
The plural of mouso is mousos.

Words near mouso in the dictionary

  1. mousling
  2. mousmé
  3. mousmée
  4. mousmées
  5. mousmés
  6. mouso
  7. mousquetaire
  8. mousquetaire cuff
  9. mousquetaire cuffs
  10. mousquetaire glove
  11. mousquetaire gloves

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