oops paint
n.— «I went to Home Depot and found a rack of oops paint. Mixed but never bought. I think I paid less than $2 for a quart. I was going to use black but only found a very dark purple.» —“Re: Painting back of tank?” by Bob Usenet: alt.aquaria Nov. 10, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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