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- committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl
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- so-called debates, which seemed to be mainly about seeing which candidate made the most gaffes
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“Gaffe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffe. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of gaffe was in 1909
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