Joe Biden's latest verbal slip up targets 'Donald Hump'

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Joe Biden's latest verbal slip up targets 'Donald Hump'
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Robert F Bukaty/AP/Shutterstock (10403839n) Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, in Manchester, NH Election 2020 Democrats, Manchester, USA - 07 Sep 2019 Credit: Robert F Bukaty/AP/Shutterstock

Former Vice President Joe Biden had yet another verbal slip-up on the campaign trail on Saturday but at least this time he could laugh it off as it presented quite a silly -- and appropriate? -- twist on Donald Trump's name.

Speaking alongside other 2020 Democratic candidates at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's state convention, Biden mistakenly called Trump, "Donald Hump" while lambasting the current president and his administration as an "abhorrent" moment in time. 

Both Biden and the crowd chuckled as Biden himself noted the mistake but muttering, "Freudian slip" as he continued his speech. But a sly smile a few seconds later showed that, accident or no, Biden was still amused.

It's a silly change of pace from other verbal gaffes Biden has made on the campaign trail that have been dogging him as the front-runner with other candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren nipping at his heels.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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