Faux Pas Definition

fō pä
noun
A social blunder; error in etiquette; tactless act or remark.
Webster's New World

An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.

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Origin of Faux Pas

  • Borrowing from French faux pas, of the same meaning; composed of faux, “false, wrong”, and pas, “step”.

    From Wiktionary

  • French faux false pas step

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Faux Pas Sentence Examples

  • My second faux pas were my Burberry check swimming trunks.

  • A short tie is a faux pas in the business world.

  • For a bit of a chuckle we want to know what is your fashion faux pas?

  • Returning underwear is typically considered a faux pas.

  • Want all to run smoothly, with no faux pas from her mother.

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