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faux pas (noun)

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  • faux pas — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a social blunder. ORIGIN French, false step …   English terms dictionary

  • faux pas — noun (plural faux pas) Etymology: French, literally, false step Date: 1676 blunder; especially a social blunder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • faux pas — [ ,fou pa ] noun count FORMAL something embarrassing that you say or do in a social situation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • faux pas — noun excuse my faux pas Syn: mistake, blunder, gaffe, indiscretion, impropriety, solecism, barbarism; informal boo boo, blooper See note at mistake …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • faux pas — UK [ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː] / US [ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ] noun [countable] Word forms faux pas : singular faux pas plural faux pas formal something embarrassing that you say or do in a social situation …   English dictionary

  • faux pas — /foʊ ˈpa/ (say foh pah), /ˈfoʊ pa / (say foh pah) noun (plural faux pas /foʊ ˈpaz/ (say foh pahz), /foʊ ˈpa/ (say foh pah)) a false step; a slip in manners; a breach of etiquette. {French} …  

  • faux pas — noun /fəʊ pɑː,fəʊ pɑːz/ A blunder (especially used in social contexts). Syn: blooper, blunder, boo boo, defect, error, fault, fluff, gaffe, lapse …   Wiktionary

  • faux pas — noun (C) French an embarrassing mistake in a social situation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • faux pas — [fəʊ pα:] noun (plural same) a social blunder. Origin Fr., lit. false step …   English new terms dictionary

  • faux pas — [ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː] noun [C] formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • foul-up — noun an embarrassing mistake • Syn: ↑blunder, ↑blooper, ↑bloomer, ↑bungle, ↑pratfall, ↑fuckup, ↑flub, ↑botch, ↑boner, ↑boo boo …   Useful english dictionary

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