gaffe
IPA: gˈæf
noun
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
Examples of "gaffe" in Sentences
- This is the biggest gaffe in the film.
- Thanks for the tactful hadling of my gaffe.
- This does not fit the definition of a gaffe.
- This gaffe was the major turning point in the campaign.
- Coakley committed a number of gaffes during the campaign.
- Remember, a gaffe is when a politician says what they mean.
- But this gaffe is for the best – even lamescream media wrote about it and political victims is what we need now.
- The latest verbal gaffe from the tea party-backed contender came when she squared off in a debate against Democratic opponent Chris Coons.
- If the definition of a gaffe is a politician accidentally telling the truth, this is absolutely, positively, one hundred percent gaffetastic:
- The remarks were so bizarre some observers dismissed them as just another gaffe from a candidate dogged by allegations of infidelity and sending pornographic images by email.