gaffe

gaffe

a social blunder; faux pas: His sudden outburst of anger was an unfortunate gaffe.
Not to be confused with:gaff – a metal hook fastened to a pole; to cheat; fleece; harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he had to take made him even more reclusive.

gaffe

G0005700 (găf)n.1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas: "The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste" (Mary McCarthy).2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.

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[French, from Old French, hook; see gaff¹.]

gaffe

(ɡæf) na social blunder, esp a tactless remark[C19: from French]

gaffe

(gæf)

n. a social blunder; faux pas. [1905–10; < French: blunder, probably figurative use of gaffe gaff¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gaffe - a socially awkward or tactless act faux pas, slip, solecism, gaucherieblooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

gaffe

noun blunder, mistake, error, indiscretion, lapse, boob (Brit. slang), slip-up (informal), slip, howler, bloomer (informal), clanger (informal), faux pas, boo-boo (informal), solecism, gaucherie He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.Quotations
"A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth" [Michael Kinsley]

Translations

出错失言

gaffe

(gӕf) noun something which ought not to have been said, done etc, a blunder. 失言，出錯 失言，出错