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What means blunder and gaffe



 
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What means blunder and gaffe #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 0:00 am   What means blunder and gaffe		  
Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #112 "Synonyms for error and fault", question 1

I haven't done this and you are making a terrible ......... in suspecting me.

(a) error
(b) mistake
(c) blunder
(d) gaffe

Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #112 "Synonyms for error and fault", answer 1

I haven't done this and you are making a terrible mistake in suspecting me.

Correct answer: (b) mistake
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what means blunder and gaffe

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Gaffe vs blunder #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:15 am   Gaffe vs blunder		  
Hi learner,
Blunder is a careless, stupid or gross mistake in action or speech, which usually affects other people.
Gaffe is a social blunder, indiscreet act or remark. Gaffes commonly result in embarrassment and gaffes by celebrities become famous.
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Gaffe vs blunder #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 17:24 pm   Gaffe vs blunder		  
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Gaffe is a social blunder, indiscreet act or remark. Gaffes commonly result in embarrassment and gaffes by celebrities become famous.


Like this one!:

It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister.
Margaret Thatcher, 1974.

And I've just taken up this amusing doctor's comment (my kids will probably not find it so funny!):

Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.
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