Meanings
plural gauchenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being gauche; awkwardness.
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An incident at a rally in Ohio last Sunday resembled an excruciating study in social gaucheness, when Vance suggested Democrats might think drinking Diet Mountain Dew, a popular soft drink, was racist, before laughing at his own lame joke; as the audience remained largely silent, Vance laughed awkwardly, saying: “I love you guys.”
2024 July 27, Robert Tait, “From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned”, in The Observer, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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