gaffe
noun/ɡæf/
Etymology From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.
1
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
- make a gaffe
- Derived terms
- Kinsley gaffe
- Related terms
- Bushism, faux pas, Freudian slip, malapropism