A gaffe is a verbal mistake made by a company or individual, usually in a social environment. The mistake comes from saying something that is true, but inappropriate. They commonly result in embarrassment or, when the gaffe has negative connotations, friction between people involved. Gaffes by celebrities and other people in the media spotlight quickly become famous. For example President Bush's gaffe See Bush Gaffe on BBC in which he apparently suggest that his administration is forever thinking up ways of harming the US and its people. He said "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we," the US president told a high-level meeting of Pentagon officials. The social environment or social context is a group of identical or similar social positions and social roles. ... For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ... President Bush can refer to two different people who were President of the United States: George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. ...
"They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we."
Some gaffes are seen in a humorous way while others can cause great offence or problems for those involved. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is often derided for saying inappropriate gaffes and has caused controversy with many of his remarks. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC, (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921) is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ...
Gaffrig is a sailingrig (configuration of sails) in which a sail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft riggedsail controlled at its peak, and usually entire head, by a spar (pole) called the gaff.
The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular, up to doubling the sail area that can be carried by the same mast and boom.
In sailing, a gaff is the upper spar used to control a four sided fore-and-aft sail set aft of the mast.
Now largely obsolete, the gaffrig was once the normal rig on classic schooners and all other sailing ships using fore-and-aft rigging, and also on sailing dingies.
On smaller boats, a single halyard raises the gaff, an arrangement known as gunter rig after the wire gunter that runs along the top of the gaff, and along which the end of the halyard runs by means of a block.
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