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faux pas
Definitions
(Verb) goof, mistakeUsage: That was a faux pas
(Noun) A gauche social error.
Usage: He committed an embarrassing faux pas.
(Noun) mistake
(Adjective) making a mistake
Usage: I made the biggest "faux pas" ....
When someone makes a social misstep which isn't acceptable.
Usage: John committed a faux pas for commenting on the host's ugly dress.
(Noun) social embarrassment
Usage: I committed a faux pas when I asked if she was pregnant.
(Pronoun) error or mistake
Usage: she made a grand faux pas.
to mess up, make a mistake
A mistake of etiquette
Usage: I made a faux pas.
(Noun) something not socially acceptable
Usage: Wearing black shoes with navy dress pants is a fashion faux pas.
(Noun) A small mistake or social blunder.
Usage: Wearing a mini-dress to the cocktail reception was quite the faux pas.
(Noun) a social mistake
Usage: It was a terrible faux pas on her part to say that to the crowd.
(Noun) a unintended mistake
Usage: I made a faux pas.
a mistake
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