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| gaffe [ gaf ] (plural gaffes) or gaff [ gaf ] (plural gaffs) |
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social blunder: a clumsy social mistake or breach of etiquette, e.g. an insensitive remark
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| [Early 20th century. < French, originally "boat hook," via Old French< Old Provençal gaf] |
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