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Faux pas   Listen
noun
faux pas  n.  A false step; a mistake or wrong measure; especially, A slip or misstep in social etiquette; a blunder in conduct or manners that causes embarassment; as, he committed the faux pas of mentioning John's former wife.





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"Faux pas" Quotes from Famous Books



... force rather than elegance; we discuss sports, women, business and a whole group of different emotions, habits and purposes come to the surface, though we were not at all conscious of having repressed them while in the presence of the ladies. A faux pas is where the organizer has "slipped" on his job; lack of tact implies in part a rigid organizing energy, neither ...
— The Foundations of Personality • Abraham Myerson


Words linked to "Faux pas" :   boo-boo, bungle, fuckup, boner, foul-up, botch, blooper, flub, gaucherie, bloomer, slip


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