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How to pronounce gaffe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism
Type of bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall

Examples of gaffe

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Buck, a Tea Party favorite, is seen by some as a gaffe-prone sound-bite machine.
From the abcnews.go.com
Now hopes for an Obama-Clinton ticket may have hit the rocks with the RFK gaffe.
From the chron.com
Kerry's critics back home, and bored journalists everywhere, hungry for a gaffe.
From the thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
The President is unlikely to have served tea in the meeting preceding the gaffe.
From the economist.com
Obama's gaffe came during an answer to a question about Manning's imprisonment.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
However, it did come in the 68th minute, courtesy of a defensive gaffe by Samuel.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Four minutes later it was the turn of the visitors to serve up a defensive gaffe.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
A huge hole appeared in the Obama armor on the same day Mr. Gramm made his gaffe.
From the washingtontimes.com
The gaffe could cost Lululemon an estimated $60 million and stunt its popularity.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Faux pas: a socially awkward or tactless act
  • The word error has different meanings and usages relative to how it is conceptually applied. The concrete meaning of the Latin word error is "wandering" or "straying". ...
  • A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public