cafouillage

Definitions of cafouillage
  1. noun
    an embarrassing mistake
    synonyms: bévue, bêtise, gaffe
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    types:
    mauvaise passe
    (sports) dropping the ball
    bévue, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie
    a socially awkward or tactless act
    faux pas, gaffe, lapsus
    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    type of:
    erreur, faute
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
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