The phrase "awkward observation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a comment or remark that is uncomfortable or socially clumsy in nature.
Example: "During the meeting, she made an awkward observation about the team's performance that left everyone feeling uneasy."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable remark" or "clumsy comment".
They could be challenged, but only if a whole scientific theory was being challenged, not idly when some awkward observations were made.
As if, I'm thinking, I'd made an awkward, outsized observation, like calling him the Loch Ness monster, or a unicorn.
The group's initially oh-so-civil exchange begins with a discussion about the neighborhood's historical and zoning values but rapidly degenerates into awkward social observations, nasty jokes and a complete failure of each side to comprehend the other's points of view.
We have a hand signal for awkwardness, and we frame many thoughts and observations with "that awkward moment when…" When did awkwardness become so important to us?
Sharply written, with laughs wrung from both wry societal observations and awkward social interactions, the show focuses on Hannah (Dunham), a recent college graduate living in New York, who has just been financially cut off by her parents (Peter Scolari and "Freaks and Geeks" mom, Becky Ann Baker).
We have a hand signal for awkwardness, and we frame many thoughts and observations with "that awkward moment when..."...
With that in mind, and in celebration of the funny and awkward, the following are my top observations and surprises about living in Germany.
After all, these mammals are moving fast in a fluid environment, making observations of the act awkward and difficult, if not uncomfortably intrusive.
http://t.co/IZSv8IbMyI December 18 , 2013"...Let me start out with a crass political observation: This is a really awkward document for the Obama administration," writes Benjamin Wittes, Brookings fellow and editor of Lawfare, the national security blog.
