An Irish English phonetic spelling of 'faux pas' — a social blunder or embarrassing mistake in etiquette. The respelling reflects the Irish English pronunciation of the French borrowing. Used colloquially to describe an awkward or embarrassing social slip.
Asking the bride about her ex at the reception was a spectacular foopah nobody forgot.
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(Ireland) blunder.
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