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faux pas definition

faux pas (fō pä′)

a social blunder; error in etiquette; tactless act or remark

Etymology: Fr, lit., false step

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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