gaffen.

Brit.

/ɡaf/, U.S.

/ɡæf/

Forms: Also gaff.

Etymology: French (see gaff n.²).

A blunder, an instance of clumsy stupidity, a ‘faux pas’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing

mistread1597

directitudea1616

faux pas1676

misstep1788

gaffe1909

blooper1947

clanger1948

goof1955

1909 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Apr. 1/1 These two gentlemen, whose weather predictions are still listened to with some deference, have made a bad ‘gaffe’, to use a popular slang expression.

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 303/1 I had obviously said the wrong thing, committed a gaffe.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. ii ‘He's a bit romantic, of course.’ ‘Oh! Have I made a gaff?’ ‘Not a bit; jolly good shot.’

1928 C. Mackenzie Extremes Meet 207 Knowing nothing, you might easily make a bad gaffe.

1959 Economist 6 June 922/2 It would be too silly if this newspaper gaffe induced..any future prime minister to relapse yet further into the grave political vice of showing immutable loyalty to his friends.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gaffe
释义	gaffen. Brit. /ɡaf/, U.S. /ɡæf/ Forms: Also gaff. Etymology: French (see gaff n.²). A blunder, an instance of clumsy stupidity, a ‘faux pas’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing mistread1597 directitudea1616 faux pas1676 misstep1788 gaffe1909 blooper1947 clanger1948 goof1955 1909 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Apr. 1/1 These two gentlemen, whose weather predictions are still listened to with some deference, have made a bad ‘gaffe’, to use a popular slang expression. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 303/1 I had obviously said the wrong thing, committed a gaffe. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. ii ‘He's a bit romantic, of course.’ ‘Oh! Have I made a gaff?’ ‘Not a bit; jolly good shot.’ 1928 C. Mackenzie Extremes Meet 207 Knowing nothing, you might easily make a bad gaffe. 1959 Economist 6 June 922/2 It would be too silly if this newspaper gaffe induced..any future prime minister to relapse yet further into the grave political vice of showing immutable loyalty to his friends. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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