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faux pas

[ foh pah ]

noun

, plural faux pas [foh , pahz, foh , pah].
  1. a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.

    Synonyms: impropriety, error



faux pas

/ fo pɑ; ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː /

noun

  1. a social blunder or indiscretion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of faux pas1

First recorded in 1670–80; from French: literally, “false step”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faux pas1

C17: from French: false step
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Example Sentences

But publicly throwing shade at Louis Vuitton wasn't Kanye's first fashion faux pas.

Its addictive “sidebar of shame” catalogues every celebrity roll of fat, fashion faux pas, and shaky early-morning nightclub exit.

The way Grant spun his publicity faux pas paved the way for many celebrities after him.

Another faux pas: tourists sit on towels and locals never do (they sit on their sarongs or on beach chairs).

Forget the faux pas of showing up to a costume party in the same costume as someone else.

A sledging cook will often make a disagreeable faux pas by extinguishing the primus in the preparation of hoosh.

Tilliard blushed, partly on account of the faux pas he had made last June, partly on account of the restaurant.

In a strange house it would have been simply a faux pas, but he knows us well enough, and the arrangement between us.

As if I were the only member of the Unholy Six with a capacity to make faux pas!

These are gentlemen in a true sense, that can bare to be told of their faux pas, and not abuse the reprover.

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