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oops paint

oops paint
 n.— «Just for the record, that can of stain should have never been put on the shelf. It should have been “Oops’d” and put with all the Oops paint, marked down to like $1 or something.» —“Re: Home Depot Stories?” by Kevin Usenet: alt.home.repair Apr. 21, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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