Slip Of The Tongue

An occasional slip of the tongue ... or a slip of the pen is normal and is quickly forgiven by the person listening or reading... that is ... if they even notice it. Even when they do, most people most of the time will recognize a slip of the tongue or pen for what it is and realize that what you meant to say or write ... is not what you did say or write.

My favorite vlogger is trending again because of her occasional slips that are just too awkward for comfort. She was too elated that former Vice President Atty. Leni Robredo the former nemesis of BBM is too generous with her praises regarding the current administration's handling of the West Philippines Sea.

This time she fanned the embers of controversy when she used UNITEMENT instead of UNITY or UNITED.  She said: "Kritiko ako ni VP Leni noon ...  hindi ko talaga inaasahan na yong mga dating Kakampinks noon ay may hidwaan tayo ... sa ngayon ay nagkaroon tayo ng UNITEMENT." Something to that effect.

Oxford English Dictionary says UNITEMENT is an obsolete word and is not used at present. Proof of that is that if you are going to type unitement ... Grammarly corrects you right away that you are using the wrong word.

The earliest known use of the noun "unitement" is in the mid-1600s.

Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for unitement is from before 1637 ... (almost 4 decades back) in the writing of Nicholas Ferrar, a religious writer, and administrator.

So did our vlogger make some slips of the tongue? Or was it a case of malapropism - cases where an incorrect word is used in a sentence that sounds like the correct word but means something completely different? 

Or was it spoonerism? -  (a situation where a speaker accidentally mixes up the initial sounds or letters of two words in a phrase).

Or our vlogger is just in a state of decline where she fumbles words because of her eagerness to say something ... and becomes oblivious to her use of the language ... grammar ... syntax ... and semantics.