As used by some journalists, particularly sportswriters, "gaffe" becomes an imagined synonym for any kind of mistake, e.g., a dropped ball by a player in a baseball game. Philosophers and psychologists interested in the nature of the gaffe include [[Freud]] and [[Gilles Deleuze]]. Deleuze, in his ''Logic of Sense'', places the gaffe in a developmental [[process]] that can culminate in stuttering. | As used by some journalists, particularly sportswriters, "gaffe" becomes an imagined synonym for any kind of mistake, e.g., a dropped ball by a player in a baseball game. Philosophers and psychologists interested in the nature of the gaffe include [[Freud]] and [[Gilles Deleuze]]. Deleuze, in his ''Logic of Sense'', places the gaffe in a developmental [[process]] that can culminate in stuttering. |