Foo-pa vs.
Faux pas
Wrong: Did you
hear about her foo-pa at the gala
last night?
Right: Did you
hear about her faux pas at the gala
last night?
Faux pas (pronounced FOH-pa) is a French term (literally “false
step”) for an embarrassing social blunder or slip in manners, etiquette, or
conduct. In the above example, it was the speaker who committed the faux pas.
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