pas

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.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Odetta	-	English (Rare)
Sterling	STUR-ling	English
Goldsmith	['gəuldsmiθ]
Goodwin	['gudwin]
Ruperto	roo-PER-to	Spanish
Maunu	MOW-noo	Finnish