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Meanings of gaffe in English
Synonyms
Examples for "slip"
Examples for "slip"
1
A year ago, however, that name started to slip away from her.
2
Nikki almost let slip the truth and said, For the moral support.
3
He asked her to write her question on a slip of paper.
4
Well I hope they choose to let slip a little more today.
5
Think I'll just slip in there and tell Marion the good news.
1
A dead State is a solecism, a contradiction in terms, an impossibility.
2
What is a suspension of existence, but a temporary annihilation!- Acompletesolecism!
3
Equite cannot exist without justice; society without justice is a solecism.
4
A Methodist pastor is a solecism; Methodism is a moving evangelism.
5
Not to have seen Chaumont in Totot chez Tata was held a solecism.
1
That good Chinfeather has not quite eradicated our gaucherie, it seems.
2
She was as broad as sumptuous in her nature; so what did a gaucherie matter?
3
I was about to commit the incredible gaucherie of saying I was glad you'd come along.
4
She could not resist the delicate malice of the exclamation, she imitated the gaucherie so delightfully.
5
Alone of all his lady acquaintances, Madame Steynlin liked him all the better for this gaucherie.
1
Cons On popular routes, fixing lines can be a serious faux pas.
2
OUTsurance's faux pas quickly went viral, prompting a response by the insurer.
3
This is considered a major netiquette faux pas in the Usenet world.
4
A round up of this week's political faux pas with Rob Hosking.
5
By the merest accident I have already committed a hideous faux pas.
Usage of gaffe in English
1
Sunday's text message error was the latest gaffe by the immigration minister.
2
The gaffe caused a six-day delay in election results, but wasn't insurmountable.
3
Google leaders have acknowledged that was an embarrassing gaffe for the company.
4
The slightest gaffe was met with widespread derision and insistence of incompetence.
5
When I lived in London he was known as the gaffe man!
6
Mrs. Norwood instantly realized her gaffe and backed into the living room.
7
Surely, this Beattie gaffe would have brought a smile to his face.
8
Taro Aso, the gaffe-prone deputy prime minister, will stay on as finance minister.
9
For a platform with 336 million users, though, it's a pretty major gaffe.
10
Araqchi accused IRIB of harming national security interests with the gaffe.
11
It was not immediately clear what Prayuth would do to rectify the gaffe.
12
The Tory benches bristled with impatience for debate to progress beyond the gaffe.
13
Posting to social media shortly afterwards -he hilariously confirmed the embarrassing gaffe.
14
This has been the year of the big media gaffe in the US.
15
Perry dropped out of a gaffe-filled campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
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The unity gaffe has served only to highlight their regional incompetence.
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Gaffe through the time
Gaffe across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common