To misspeak

There must be a million and one ways in which somebody can misspeak.

Blurting out an ex-lovers name tends to be a bit of a classic.

Asking a woman if she wants a seat because you think she's pregnant is another.

Not to mention the timeless "I love you" said by guys up and down the land after one too many beers or simply because their team won that day.

To misspeak tends to involve a short sharp statement. A phrase or a sentence that gets out before the brain kicks into gear.

Here is Hillary Clinton's idea of misspeaking:

"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

A bit of a mouthful don't you think?

But the next paragraph in the BBC News story is a corker and helps to relay just how foul a President this Clinton character would be. (And yes, I do mean foul, that was not me misspeaking)

The video clip played by CBS on Monday shows Mrs Clinton and Chelsea walking across the tarmac smiling and waving before stopping to shake hands with Bosnia's acting president and meet an eight-year-old girl.

I suspect this was less of an innocent error and more of a conscious attempt to sound brave and ready to be Commander in Chief.

Thankfully for the rest of us her delusions of grandeur make her sound like an idiot.

Let's hope when Hillary is an older lady and talking to her grandkids about when she was President she is 'misspeaking' too.