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mouso en · NOUN

Etymology

From mouse + -o, by analogy with typo.

Meanings

1. (rare, slang) An error caused by incorrect use of a computer mouse.
   • 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. 1999 February 26, Stan Brown, “Re: Gravity - Two Questions”, in alt.usenet.offline-reader (Usenet):
   • Near-synonym: clicko
   • Nice. How do you get it to back up, or start over? 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):
   • 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):

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