whats a faux pas?

Question

hello im 13 yrs old , i want to know what
faux pas mean?

thanks

Answer 1

Something that they see is not right. For example, if you are wearing an outfit or hairstyle that is not in style or wrong for your look, they will state it as a "fashion faux pas."

Answer 2

It means false step in french.

It is basically a violation of unwritten rules or something that goes against standards of etiquette - basically, something kind of rude.

For example, it is considered polite to take a bottle of wine if invited to someone's house for dinner (unless you are in France), but it would be a faux pas to take a bottle of wine if you are having dinner at, for example, the house of a recovering alcoholic.....

Answer 3

hello im 100 years old.
it means a "social blunder"
Main Entry: faux pas
Pronunciation: \ˈfō-ˌpä, fō-ˈ\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural faux pas \-ˌpä(z), -ˈpä(z)\
Etymology: French, literally, false step
Date: 1676
: blunder; especially : a social blunder

Answer 4

i recently had a spot on my chin that was driving me mad. i had no ointment or cream to put on it, so i put a dab of toothpaste on it. u might think that i'm a bit mad in the head (well, i probably am - but not because of the toothpaste. lol ) for doing that, but i've read in a magazine that toothpaste is good at drying out spots, and killing the germs. anyway - i put it on when i woke up, with intentions of washing it off before i had to take my son to school. as usual though, my mind got distracted by finding my son's uniform, and the other 101 things that i need to do to get us both out of the door on time. so i ended up taking him to school with a big blob of white toothpaste on my chin. i did wonder why i was getting some funny looks off the other mothers, but the penny didn't actually drop until i got home and went to the bathroom.. i felt like such a muppet. lesson learnt - i bought myself some witchhazel.

Answer 5

A faux pas is when you say/do something in error, a social blunder.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faux+pas

Answer 6

That is a faux pas

Answer 7

Literally translated it's a false step.
It can be something simple, like picking up the wrong fork at a snooty dinner or it can be something much more important.

Like not ignoring it when your Uncle passes wind, but saying, loudly, 'Uncle Jim, that's disgusting.'

Answer 8

Aaron S has given a really nice answer, as befits someone a century old !!!
and all the rest that fall in line behind him have good answers, too !!

for fun, me 'n' my mates say: fox pass

Answer 9

when yu make a joke, only NO ONE finds it funny, and in fact its in very bad taste.

my mate was presented tot eh mayor of wherever, as part of a civic thingy... he was wearing the big bug eyed "im blind without these" joke glasses, and he did a funny routine with shaking hands... until he did it to the mayors wife, who was in fact blind...

Answer 10

French spelling for a fox pass, which is where they let foxes cross the street.