wardrobe malfunction
noun[C]
humorous(alsowardrobe misfunction)anoccasionwhen someoneshowsaprivatepartoftheirbodyinpublicbyaccident, because apieceoftheirclothinghasmovedout ofposition:
They weren'tsureif thedresswas anunusualfashioncreationor anembarrassingwardrobemalfunction.
Theinfamous"wardrobemalfunction", as it wasdescribed, wasseenby millions oftelevisionviewers.
- Wearing somethinglow-cutkeepsyou onconstantalertfor awardrobemalfunction.
- She wasobviouslyuncomfortablein herstrappydress, andlookedas though she mightsufferawardrobemalfunctionat anymoment.
- The phrase "wardrobemalfunction"looksset tobecomeasatiricalcatchphrase.
- Sometimestheiroutfitswerestucktogether withglueandfellapartwhen they were onstage, sowardrobemalfunctionsbecamepartoftheiract.
- Perhaps they will justclaimit was awardrobemisfunction.
Faults and mistakes
- (that's)yourhard luckidiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- blemish
- error
- failing
- false move
- faux pas
- flaw
- malaprop
- miscue
- misfunction
- misperception
- misprint
- that's/it'syourfuneral!idiom
- typo
- weakness
- what price...?idiom
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