gaffe
Meanings
Plural: gaffes
Noun
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
Origin / Etymology
From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.
Synonyms
aberration, barbarism, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, erroneity, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip, slip-up, slipup, solecism, stumble, thinko, wrength
Scrabble Score: 12
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