gaucheness
nounEtymology From gauche + -ness.
1
Usually The quality of being gauche; awkwardness.
- An incident at a rally in Ohio last Sunday resembled an excruciating study in social gaucheness, when Vance suggested Democrats might think drinking Diet Mountain Dew, a popular soft drink, was racist, before laughing at his own lame joke; as the audience remained largely silent, Vance laughed awkwardly, saying: “I love you guys.”2024 July 27, Robert Tait, “From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned”, in The Observer, →ISSN: