The slip-up happened on CNN when anchorwoman Zain Verjee was reporting about Northwest Airlines now selling peanuts on flights.

Ms Verjee mentioned the word “penis” three times instead of “peanuts”.

“Northwest began serving penis this month as its merger partner Atlanta-based Delta airlines has done for years,” Ms Verjee said.

“Georgia is the top penis producing state in the country.”

The footage has been uploaded to YouTube in many different versions and has become an internet sensation with more than 700,000 views today.

Perhaps the caption at the bottom of the screen distracted her – it declared “nuts on Northwest flights”.