gaffe

Example Sentences

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Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a “gaffe” as what happens “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“There is not a thing that comes to mind,” was her tinny response, and that gaffe is entirely on the former vice president.

From Los Angeles Times

Diplomats, whose cause Andrew was meant to be advancing, nicknamed him "His Buffoon Highness" because of all the gaffes.

From BBC

In fact, they're all so discombobulated by this thing that some of them are making monumental political gaffes trying to deal with it.

From Salon

These "gaffes" were considered deal breakers and no matter how hard they tried to show off their skills at mingling with ordinary voters, they were given no quarter.

From Salon