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
SheenaSHEE-nəScottish, English
HyramHIE-rəmEnglish (Rare)
&Aelig;Lfthryth-Anglo-Saxon
Margalita-Hebrew
RylanRIE-lənEnglish (Modern)
Fihr-Arabic