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blunder(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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error(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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mistake(noun, break, slip, fault, mess)
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faux pas(noun, expression, idiom, slip, confusion)
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slip(noun, break, confusion, informal, fault)
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blooper(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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solecism(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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boner(noun, fault, mistake, lapse, blunder)
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howler(noun, fault, mistake, lapse, error)
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indiscretion(noun, break, slip, fault, mess)
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boo-boo(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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fault(noun, confusion, mistake, lapse, error)
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gaucherie(noun, break, slip, mess, mistake)
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goof(noun, break, slip, fault, mess)
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bloomer(noun, mistake, lapse, error, blunder)
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misstep(noun, move, break, slip, confusion)
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impropriety(noun, break, taste, slip, fault)
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lapse(noun, confusion, failure, fault, mistake)
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bad behavior(expression, rudeness, indecency, unseemliness)
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oversight(noun, break, slip, confusion, fault)
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