Unnerving Typo

The other day a friend of mine asked me to proof a draft of his tale about visiting a local casino. Although by no means do I consider myself an editor nor much of a wordsmith, I took up the task for shits and giggles AND for the slight boost it gave my ego (it doesn't take much, folks).

One particular passage caught my eye immediately:

'After the hour and a half drive, Earl and I were ready for some serious NAMBLING!'

Say WHAT?!?

Surely he meant to write GAMBLING but for the the briefest moment I was taken aback at the prospect that he and a pal, Earl, were attending a North American Man/Boy Love Association meeting and partaking in whatever activities (ahem...NAMBLING?) said group engages in instead of, say, shooting craps...uhm...I mean, playing the slots...er...nevermind.

One quick question to the writer and all was cleared up.

T
(and, thankfully, he did not create a new verb, eh?)