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Gaffe vs Gaffa - What's the difference?

gaffe | gaffa |

As nouns the difference between gaffe and gaffa

is that gaffe is a foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public while gaffa is {{cx|UK|colloquial|lang=en}} Gaffer tape.

gaffe

English

Alternative forms

* gaff

Noun

(en noun)
  • A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

    • Synonyms

    * blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See also

    See also

    * malapropism * Freudian slip * Bushism ----

    gaffa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gaffer tape.
  • *2012 , Katherine Angel, Unmastered , Penguin 2014, p. 250:
  • *:A body – a corpse – my own, I think – wrapped in tape, suspended in gaffa .
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