History TheBigListOfBooboosAndBlunders / AToG

* "Bedlam" (chaos) vs "Beldam" (somewhat obsolete word for a [[EvilOldFolks nasty old lady]].)

* Similarly, "duel" for "dual" (two things closely linked or one thing with two distinct parts). Unless you're Literature/TheScarletPimpernel, Franchise/{{Zorro}}, or [[Literature/{{Deathstalker}} The Masked Gladiator]], you probably don't have a duel identity. And unless you're [[ComicBook/SpiderMan The Jackal]] or [[Series/{{Farscape}} Karvok]], you probably can't dual someone.

** [[RunningGag "Barely bare bears barely bear barely bare bears barely bare."]]

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language) Forth]] is also a programming language. So-named because the IBM 1130, on which it was devised, only allowed five-letter file names, and because it was the FORTH attempt (the FIRST, SECND and THIRD all failed).

* For what ever reason "chartreuse" and "puce" are often confused. To wit, chartreuse is a yellow-green color and puce is a pinkish purple color.

* "copyleft" (neologism) for "copyright" (permission to copy). Although "copyleft" is fine as an in-joke among programmers (meaning a license that allows derivative works, but only under the same licensing terms as the original), it's only a name and not a substitute for a proper license spelling out those terms. Also, don't confuse "copyright" with "copywrite" (create copy, especially advertising copy).

* "Chow" (food or as a verb ,to eat, usually followed by "down"), vs Ciao (Italian for "Hello" or "Goodbye"). Some people spell the latter as the former, likely under the misconception that it's some kind of English slang meaning rather than a proper Italian word that just happens to sound the same.

* "elude" (to avoid or escape) for "allude" (to refer to indirectly). Relatedly, there's "elusion" (the act of eluding, evasion) vs "illusion" (a false or deceptive mental image" vs "allusion" (a reference to something). Despite being spelled and pronounced similarly the words don't really have anything in common.

* "elude" (to avoid or escape) for "allude" (to refer to indirectly; noun form: "allusion")

* "Esoteric" (known only by a small group, subculture, etc) vs "exoteric (commonly known). As the word "exoteric" is pretty obscure, this is often due to a typo or spellchecker mistake.

* "canvass" (to search thoroughly; often used in the political context to mean "knock on doors") for "canvas" (heavy cotton fabric). The art student paints [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] paintings on ''canvas'' but during the daytime will ''canvass'' for UsefulNotes/BarackObama's campaign.

* "appauled" for "appalled". This is an appalling mistake, [[JustForPun unless someone named Paul has appalled someone]].