Meaning & use
faux pas
An embarrassing social mistake or breach of accepted behavior.
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Wearing jeans to the formal wedding was an obvious faux pas.
Forgetting the client's name was a small faux pas he quickly apologized for.
A note on using this word
Faux pas comes from French, and its plural form is spelled the same way, even though it is still pronounced with a silent final 's'.
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