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You have just committed one. A faux pas is an embarassing mistake usually made as a result of ignorance or lack of manners. Using French expressions wrongly would come into that category. Others would be telling racist jokes at the wrong time, shaking hands wearing gloves, calling your girlfriend's mother Babe, etc,etc The literal meaning of faux pas is false step. It is pronounce foh pa.

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