a faux pas



a faux pas

an embarrassing mistake made in public I realized I'd made a real faux pas by eating my soup with my dessert spoon.
See also: faux, pas

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bowen['bəuən]
Philippefee-LEEPFrench
Uttar-Indian, Hindi (Rare)
Franc-Slovene
Deja-Various
Abhijeet-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali