gaffe
Plural: gaffes
Noun
- An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment; a blunder.
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
Examples
- Forgetting to draw new tiles after a Scrabble play was a rookie gaffe he quickly rectified.
- make a gaffe
Origin / Etymology
From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.
Synonyms
faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism, aberration, barbarism, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, erroneity, error, fault, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip-up, slipup, stumble, thinko, wrength
Scrabble Score: 12
gaffe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgaffe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gaffe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary