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Embarrassing error (5)

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gaffe

'embarrassing error' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for gaffe that I've seen before include "Remark one wishes unmade" , "Blundering remark" , "slip" , "Indiscretion" , "bad mistake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the Newsday.com, the Wall Street Journal and the Universal.
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