Meaning of Flub | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
   Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, informal
2. A fold of fat.
   Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, slang

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Examples

“1962 November 6, Richard Nixon, “Gentlemen, this is my last⟳ press⟳ conference”, 2008, Rick Perlstein (editor), Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, page 111, I made a talk⟳ on television, a talk⟳ in which I made a flub—one of the few that I make⟳, not because I′m so good on television but because I′ve been doing it a long time. I made a flub in which I said I was running for governor of the United States.”

“A flub can be a slight cinematic slip-up or a major gaffe.”

“The pressure public speaking puts on a person will occasionally cause these little flubs, so don′t panic when they happen⟳ to you. The worst way to deal⟳ with a flub is to panic and make⟳ a big deal⟳ out of it.”

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