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English noun: faux pas

1. faux pas (act) a socially awkward or tactless act


Synonymsgaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism


Broader (hypernym)bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall









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