gaucherie

gau·che·rie

G0060300 (gō′shə-rē′)n.1. An awkward or tactless act, manner, or expression.2. A lack of tact; awkwardness.

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[French, from gauche, gauche; see gauche.]

gaucherie

(ˌɡəʊʃəˈriː; ˈɡəʊʃərɪ; French ɡoʃri) n1. the quality of being gauche2. a gauche act

gau•che•rie

(ˌgoʊ ʃəˈri)

n. 1. lack of social grace; awkwardness; tactlessness. 2. an act, movement, or comment that is gauche. [French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gaucherie - the quality of being rustic or gaucherusticitygracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
	2.	gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecismblooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

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