#blunder__blooper__bloomer__bungle__foul-up__fuckup__flub__botch__boner__boo-boo__booboo an embarrassing mistake
supertype: #mistake__error__fault a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
subtype: #snafu an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: Situation Normal All Fucked Up
subtype: #spectacle a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase "make a spectacle of" yourself
subtype: #bull a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
subtype: #fumble__muff dropping the ball (in baseball or football)
subtype: #fluff a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
subtype: #faux_pas__gaffe__solecism__slip__gaucherie a socially awkward or tactless act
subtype: #howler a glaring blunder
subtype: #clanger (British) a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
subtype: #misstep__trip__stumble an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
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