Any grammar faux pas in these sentences?

MelonieGAny grammar faux pas

Social blunders? No, none at all.

You're funny! Doesn't faux pas just mean error?

MelonieGYou're funny! Doesn't faux pas just mean error?

It's an error like wearing old sneakers and a dirty t-shirt to the Academy Awards ceremonies.

I think faux pas is a blunder, but especially used in social contexts. I believe faux pas can be used in many contexts. So, for example, you can say that someone commits a fashion faux pas. If not, "my bad", and I should just stick to English

My first thought was to agree with MM and AS on this, but just out of idle curiosity I looked it up in a dozen online dictionaries. Merriam-Webster defined it as "Blunder, especially a social blunder". The rest (including Merriam-Webster English Learners Dictionary) defined the phrase exclusively in terms of social blunders. However, the Corpus of Web-Based Global English does list 118 matches for

You can find some for grammar faux pas also

Blue JayPerhaps a fashion faux pas is a social blunder?

It is. And you can, of course, use the term by extension in any situation, but there has to be a reason or you're just misusing the word, as our friend did here. A faux pas can be an error in any arena, but it can't be just any error, it has to be one that hurts your reputation and lowers you in the eyes

Enoon. Thank you for clarifying that. And in this case, I think faux pas is appropriate to use, since I'm writing a paper for an English class, and don't want to look bad using bad grammar.

MelonieGEnoon. Thank you for clarifying that. And in this case, I think faux pas is appropriate to use, since I'm writing a paper for an English class, and don't want to look bad using bad grammar.

No, you're not getting it. That would be what we call a mistake. The only consequence of a faux pas is the social damage. Using bad grammar in an English assignment

Blue Jay Perhaps a fashion faux pas is a social blunder?

No, that's a wardrobe malfunction.