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Faux Pas Boss Cut Short Crossword Clue

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noun

• a socially awkward or tactless act

41%11 Social faux pas
noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• the quality of an embarrassing situation

• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

41%8 Physiological response to a social faux pas
adjective satellite

• having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

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