A faux pas literally means "wrong step" in French.
You could just use the term "fuck things up" instead, but if you wanna look classy, use "faux pas".
You could just use the term "fuck things up" instead, but if you wanna look classy, use "faux pas".
Ellie banged her best friend's husband but forgot her panties on the floor.
That was a faux pas .
Also, she got pregnant.
That's a faux pas as well.
She got AIDS.
Her partner made a faux pas.
That was a faux pas .
Also, she got pregnant.
That's a faux pas as well.
She got AIDS.
Her partner made a faux pas.
by Cordylia March 04, 2016
The Aunt made a faux pas wen she said "you dont want nuts on it", "well Ill take your nuts" to her young nephew at the party.
IE context may be taken as in appropriate
IE context may be taken as in appropriate
by Gordonj63 August 01, 2006
A social blunder. (A blunder is a usually serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion.)
by VanessaL90 May 06, 2005
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
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
by Zak's Dad December 11, 2005
Commonly mispronounced as foh' paw, the term faux pas should be spoken as (fucks pass').
Meaning to fuck up in a past since yet placed in the current passage of timing.
An externally viewed afterthought to a fashion mistake or similar mishap which appears undesirable.
Meaning to fuck up in a past since yet placed in the current passage of timing.
An externally viewed afterthought to a fashion mistake or similar mishap which appears undesirable.
One neighbor says to another "Get your faux pas dog off my lawn. It's annoying that it humps my yard each time it walks by."
As John walked past his co-workers, they commented that he looked better compared to his faux pas earlier when he had fucked up and buttoned his top shirt button.
As John walked past his co-workers, they commented that he looked better compared to his faux pas earlier when he had fucked up and buttoned his top shirt button.
by JJdaCool September 04, 2011