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gaffe
[ gaf ]
noun
- a social blunder; faux pas.
gaffe
/ ɡæ /
noun
- a social blunder, esp a tactless remark
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gaffe1
C19: from French
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Jones, who is deputy to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was defending welfare cuts on the BBC's Politics Live after Wednesday's Spring Statement when he made the gaffe.
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Brown had a wonderful sense of self-deprecating humor and laughed about his gaffe for years.
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Hours into 2025, a suspected drunk driver in Murrieta may have already committed the year’s worst gaffe caught by police on video.
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Under the leadership of Micheál Martin, the party has had what's being referred to as a steady campaign, no big breakthroughs but also no big gaffes.
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The toy company quickly apologized for the gaffe, calling the misprint an “unfortunate error.”
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