0 words or behaviour that are a social mistake or not polite: --
1 a remark or action in a social situation that is a mistake and causes embarrassment or offense: --
The girls were dressed up ala fashion faux pas to raise awareness about the detriment of counterfeit fashion products.
Almost all of the girls committed minor faux pas.
Over the course of the day, she sends a series of text messages to try to balance out this faux pas.
This faux pas cost the corporation $50 million to settle.
That is the problem with comedy, a joke that is funny today can be a terrible "faux pas" tomorrow.
She also broke her broom on the ice, a major curling faux pas.
He was uninvited, and a series of faux pas lead to his expulsion from the party.
It really was an awful faux pas, was it not, seriously to suggest that the facts are not available?
