It was best to have something to do to cover a social gaffe.

For well-bred people do not, after all, care to read about the social gaffes of others.

So, tell me what you want to make this... social gaffe okay between us.

A pathetic attempt at recovery, which so often follows our social gaffes.

Conversely, wearing a tie to which you have no right is a serious social gaffe.

She didn't look afraid, more as if she'd done some huge social gaffe and now had to make amends.

He looked stricken, as if caught in some horrible social gaffe.

"The Dragon almost paid for that social gaffe with his life."

He was the more powerful of the two, and it would be a social gaffe on his part to insult her House through a female.

If you're not there with your horse, it's almost a social gaffe.