White has the ball and "I" give Blue a Timeout?

[MREUROREF]

It's was just one of those nights and maybe my body told my mind to call the Timeout, but for whatever reasons, "I did it, now what? What I did was, shook my head-waved it off-pointed to the spot-and gave a direction. Considering you botched the call, is there any better way to do it???

Granted, I was modest and somewhat embarrassed, but I have seen games where the Ref would say, Okay...I goofed, but I'm going to grant you your timeout and give you a courtesy Technical for calling it. What's better???