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phone pas

An error or blunder over the phone that usually results in major embarrassment or foot in mouth syndrome.

Derived from "faux pas" and pronounced <fone pah>.
I thought I hung up the phone, but realized the person on the other end could hear me say awful things about her - what a major phone pas!
by Babs & Coco June 12, 2006
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techno pas

Any faux pas by technical means.

Permutations:

chat pas

text pas

blue pas

dog pas - dog farts when your with new girlfriend
My buddy was droping f-bombs over bluetooth speaker in my car with young daughter present, a real techno pas.
by shanj1 January 23, 2010
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Faux pas

Translates directly to false step in French. Translates indirectly to embarrassing social fuck up, which usual makes everything awkward for everybody involved. Major party foul
Man did you see hunter try to make an unwanted move on that girl and get shut down? What a faux pas.
by Tickledicks December 30, 2017
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FU-pas

noun:

A portmanteau of "FUBAR" and "faux pas". A blunder that is so massive, it results in a FUBAR situation. Can also be described as Fucked Up (FU) step ("pas" being the French for step), i.e. a FU-pas
Did you hear what David said to the client in the meeting? It didn't only piss off the client, it lost us $20 million. What an absolute FU-pas!!
by fabulogue April 13, 2023
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chat faux pas

When you have multiple chat/IM/messenger windows open with different people simultaneously and you inadvertently type and send an insulting/offensive/insensitive comment in the wrong chat window, specifically the one with the person referred to.
Mike

(4:45p) Dude, what's up?

Me_Gaxxy
(4:45p) Hang on, on another chat...

16:45 <Dave> Hey, how's it going?
16:46 <me_gaxxy> Ugh, freakin' stupid Dave trying to chat me...
16:46 <Dave> WTF???
16:47 <me> Whoops, chat faux pas..
by DanGarPrius August 19, 2013
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Ho Pas

When someone does something socially awkward and slutty.

Origins: from the French "faux pas."
Person one: "I heard Sarah got drunk and hooked up with her sister's boyfriend!"
Person two: "Ooh, ho pas!"
by theredgoldfish April 27, 2009
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Faux Pas

Something some cunt says because they have a superiority complex that involves the complete and utter fucking inability to speak like a normal goddamn human being. The word literally means mistake. That's it. That's all it means. Say mistake, error, fuck up, anything... please. Cunt.
Oh Reginald, I do say, the ball you have thrown in your extraaaavagaaant abode is quite suiting, although I must proclaim, the curtains are definitely a Faux Pas. I apologize for my adamant mouth flatulence, and by apologize, I mean sorry not sorry. For I am better than you, and my choice of drapery would have more beige than your hideous plain Faux Pas white.
by LaserSharkSushi September 11, 2018
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