| Galley directive | 16 |
| Galley countermand | 18 |
| Editors mark | 12 |
| Editorial word | 14 |
| Editorial undoer | 16 |
| Editorial U-turn | 16 |
| Editorial override | 18 |
| Editorial nullification | 23 |
| Editorial directive | 19 |
| Editorial direction | 19 |
| Editorial "never mind" | 32 |
| Editor's word of reversal | 29 |
| Editor's signal | 19 |
| Editor's reversal | 21 |
| Editor's retraction | 23 |
| Editor's overruling | 23 |
| Editor's O.K. | 17 |
| Editor's marking | 20 |
| Editor's "my bad" | 31 |
| Editor's "Leave it alone" | 39 |
| Editor's "it's fine after all" | 48 |
| Editor's "ignore me" | 34 |
| Editor's "don't touch" | 40 |
| Editor's "Don't dele" | 39 |
| Editor's "don't change" | 41 |
| Editor's "don't change that" | 46 |
| Editor's 'put this back in' | 39 |
| Editor's 'leave it in' | 34 |
| Editor's 'keep this in' | 35 |
| Editor's ''Let it stand'' | 45 |
| Editor's ''don't delete'' | 49 |
| Editing order | 13 |
| Editing note | 12 |
| Editing direction | 17 |
| Dotted underscore marking | 25 |
| Dotted underscore in blue pencil | 32 |
| Don't strike out | 20 |
| Don't change a word! | 24 |
| Do not omit | 11 |
| Do not cut | 10 |
| Directive to typesetter | 23 |
| Directive to a printer | 22 |
| Directive for printers | 22 |
| Delete a dele | 13 |
| Dele's negator | 18 |
| Dele that dele | 14 |
| Dele reverser | 13 |
| Dele retractor | 14 |
| Dele overrider | 14 |
| Dele opposite | 13 |
| Dele not | 8 |
| Dele killer? | 12 |
| Dele denial | 11 |
| Dele countermand | 16 |
| Dele canceller | 14 |
| Dele breaker? | 13 |
| Decide to leave | 15 |
| Copy editor's term | 22 |
| Copy editor's notation | 26 |
| Composing-room word | 19 |
| Change-of-mind word | 19 |
| Cancellation notation | 21 |
| Cancel, as a sentence reduction | 31 |
| Cancel a deletion | 17 |
| Cancel a change on a galley | 27 |
| Cancel a change | 15 |
| Blue-pencil notation | 20 |
| Blue pencil marking | 19 |
| Another printing directive | 26 |
| Amendment to an amendment | 25 |
| [The copy-editor doesn't know what she's talking about] | 63 |
| [ignore this deletion] | 22 |
| [Ignore edit] | 13 |
| "The dele's off" | 30 |
| "The author was correct" | 34 |
| "Put it back" | 23 |
| "Put it back in" | 26 |
| "Nope, you had it right the first time," on a proof | 61 |
| "Never mind" to an editor | 35 |
| "Never mind" notation | 31 |
| "Never mind!" notation | 32 |
| "Never mind," in certain instances | 44 |
| "My bad" in proofs | 28 |
| "Let stand" direction | 31 |
| "Let it stand..." | 27 |
| "Let it be," to a proofer | 35 |
| "Leave unchanged" | 27 |
| "Leave this in" | 25 |
| "Leave that comma in after all" | 41 |
| "Leave it" to a proofreader | 37 |
| "Leave it" | 20 |
| "Leave it," editorially | 33 |
| "Leave it alone" notation | 35 |
| "Leave it alone" | 26 |
| "Leave in," to a proofer | 34 |
| "Keep this" | 21 |
| "Keep this word in," to a proofreader | 47 |
| "Keep it" | 19 |
| "Keep as is" | 22 |
| "Keep after all" marking | 34 |