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gaffe

gaffe [ gaf ] (plural gaffes) or gaff [ gaf ] (plural gaffs)


noun 
Definition:
 
social blunder: a clumsy social mistake or breach of etiquette, e.g. an insensitive remark

[Early 20th century. < French, originally "boat hook," via Old French< Old Provençal gaf]
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