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gaffe
[gaf]
noun
a social blunder; faux pas.
gaffe
/ ɡæ /
noun
a social blunder, esp a tactless remark
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gaffe1
Example Sentences
In fact, they're all so discombobulated by this thing that some of them are making monumental political gaffes trying to deal with it.
These "gaffes" were considered deal breakers and no matter how hard they tried to show off their skills at mingling with ordinary voters, they were given no quarter.
It caused a bit of a fuss back home, but it was not an off the cuff gaffe.
Jones, who is deputy to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was defending welfare cuts on the BBC's Politics Live after Wednesday's Spring Statement when he made the gaffe.
Brown had a wonderful sense of self-deprecating humor and laughed about his gaffe for years.
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