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[Tiago Tafari Catelam]

By "pérola" I mean those sentences that are really funny. Sometimes they are also called "máximas".

For instance:

"Meu amigo soltou uma pérola. Ele disse que ..."

Thanks in advance

[donay mendonça]

Olá Tiago,

"Faux pass" referindo se uma gafe(comentário) ou comportamento.

"Pearls of wisdom",veja o que diz o Longman:

Pearls of wisdom:Wise remarks - used especially when you really think that someone's remarks are slightly stupid:

Soltar uma pérola:Drop a pearl of wisdom

Bons estudos!

[Marcio_Farias]

Well, not the type of pearl a misinformed Vestibular student will come up with now and then, right?

By a "pérola" I understand phrases, unconventional words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, and semantic or linguistic errors, especially those resulting usually from stupidity, ignorance, mental confusion, or carelessness, made by an assortment of Vestibular students who literally or non-literally missed the point on their assignment dissertation exams.

Should we call it a word blunder? No?