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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.
See also: 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
Habib-Arabic
AliceAL-is (English), a-LEES (French), ah-LEE-che (Italian)English, French, Portuguese, Italian
HennaHEN-nahFinnish
Casey['keisi]
IssacIE-zəkEnglish
Nance[næns]