A socially awkward or tactless act.
A foolish error, especially one made in public.
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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!- A complete solecism !
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 .
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.
16 The unity gaffe has served only to highlight their regional incompetence.
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