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What is a faux pas?

What is a faux pas? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
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Its leader is a surreal portrait of art-school eccentricity, a social maverick up to his neck in the shifting sands of taboo and faux pas.
The man didn't blink an eye at her faux pas, however, and merely got into the car after being handed the keys and drove away.
It reminds me a little too much of the leisure suit, a fashion faux pas we don't need to revisit.
Gail agreed with the remainder of the fashion faux pas top ten, saving her most withering comments for shell suits and puffballs.
I tune in for the fashion firsts, the fashion faux pas, and to see what's in fashion.
Although I did, for the most part, manage to avoid putting my foot in my mouth over the weekend I am guilty of committing one little faux pas.

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