oops paint
n.— «Hirschfield’s paint store donated what is called in the trade “oops” paint—paint that customers brought back or was improperly mixed or is substandard.» —“Gang scrawls fade as mural grows” by Rubén Rosario Pioneer Press (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) July 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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