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PAS (foe-pah) [French: false step] An offensive social act; an embarrassing slip. 
... MEA CULPA (maya kulpa) [Latin: my fault] An acknowledgment of one's guilt or
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Question: French for a “false step”, you don't want to commit a social one
Answer: faux pas