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   faux pas

   /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/

   noun

   • 1. an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation: "‘I was suddenly sick in the back of their car’—it was years before he could confess his faux pas to them"

   Word Origin French, literally ‘false step’.

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