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Faux Pas
/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/
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What does Faux Pas mean?
noun
- An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
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verb
- (rare) To commit a faux pas; to blunder.
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/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/
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A sledging cook will often make a disagreeable faux pas by extinguishing the primus in the preparation of hoosh.
A faux pas is where the organizer has "slipped" on his job; lack of tact implies in part a rigid organizing energy, neither plastic nor versatile enough.