Reverse Dictionary: FAUX PAS

NOUNS
► BLEEPER a big blunder, a faux pas → 1900 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas → 1884 Amer. dial.
► CLANGER a faux pas, a mistake, esp. one that attracts attention → 1948 Aust. sl.
► FOX PASS a faux pas → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► DROP A CLANGER to make a social faux pas, to make a mistake that attracts attention → 1958 sl.