faux pas

An embarrassing blunder or breach of proper etiquette, often made in front of other people. Daria didn't realize she had made such a faux pas when she went to use her salad fork to eat the main course.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Albert	AL-bərt (English), al-BER (French), AHL-bert (German, Polish), AHL-bərt (Dutch)	English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Rom
An (2)	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Luiza	luw-EE-zah (Polish)	Polish, Portuguese, Romanian
Tami	TAM-ee	English
Hadia	-	Arabic
Lauritz	-	Danish, Norwegian