howler
noun
[ ˈhaʊlə ]
• a very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one.
• "the occasional schoolboy howler would amuse the examiners"
Similar:
mistake,
error,
blunder,
fault,
gaffe,
slip,
slip of the pen,
lapsus calami,
slip-up,
boo-boo,
boner,
botch,
fluff,
fail,
boob,
bloomer,
clanger,
blooper,
bloop,
goof,
malapropism,
solecism,
fuck-up,
• a fruit-eating monkey with a prehensile tail and a loud howling call, native to the forests of tropical America.
