gaffe

gaffe also gaff  (gf)

n.

1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas: "The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste" (Mary McCarthy).

2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.

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[French, from Old French, hook; see gaff¹.]

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gaffe [gæf]

n

a social blunder, esp a tactless remark

[from French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gaffe - a socially awkward or tactless act   faux pas, slip, solecism, gaucherie blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

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gaffe

noun blunder, mistake, error, indiscretion, lapse, boob (Brit. slang), slip-up (informal), slip, howler, bloomer (informal), clanger (informal), faux pas, boo-boo (informal), solecism, gaucherie He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.

Quotations
"A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth" [Michael Kinsley]

Translations

gaffe [gæf] N → plancha f (Sp), metedura f or (LAm) metida f de pata
to make a gaffe → meter la pata, tirarse una plancha(Sp)

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gaffe [ˈgæf] n

(= mistake) → impair m
to commit a gaffe → commettre un impair
to make a gaffe → commettre un impair

to blow the gaffe (British) → vendre la mèche

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gaffe

n → Fauxpas m; (verbal) → taktlose Bemerkung; to make a gaffe → einen Fauxpas begehen; (by saying sth) → ins Fettnäpfchen treten (inf)

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gaffe [gæf] n → gaffe f inv

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gaffe

n gaffe [gӕf]

something which ought not to have been said, done etc, a blunder. blaps خَطَأ فاضِح гаф chyba, bota, šlápnutí vedle brøler; bommert taktlose Bemerkung γκάφα metedura de pata, patinazo, plancha prohmakas اشتباه لپی möläytys gaffe מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּמקוֹמוֹ सामाजिक त्रुटी gaf, kiks baklövés kesalahan háttleysa, klaufaskapur gaffe へま 결례 neapdairumas, išsišokimas kļūme; nepiedienīga izturēšanās kesilapan yang bodoh blunder fadese, bommert gafa gafe gafă оплошность chyba, hlúposť, omyl napaka gaf tabbe, blunder การประพฤติผิดมารยาทสังคม gaf, çam devirme 失言，出錯 необачність نازیبا حرکت câu nói hớ 失言，出错