The phrase "awkward topic" is a correct and common phrase in written English.
It refers to a topic or subject that is uncomfortable, embarrassing, or difficult to discuss. Example: "When the interviewer brought up the employee's previous termination, it became an awkward topic that the employee didn't want to talk about."
It is an awkward topic, a wretched concept, really, and, of course, a terrible insult when flung in your direction.
I hesitated to write this column because religious repression is an awkward topic when it thrives in Muslim countries.
Class, always an awkward topic in the United States, made a rare cameo appearance at a recent candidates debate in Las Vegas.
Real estate could become an even more awkward topic, because the people who were exulting recently about snagging a three-bedroom for $1.1 million are probably still living in their investment.
In a moment that would have seemed unimaginable just hours earlier, the aides said, Mr. Fox and the lawyers had to demand candor from Mr. McGreevey on an awkward topic that had long been the subject of innuendo and evasiveness within the administration.
"Often it's an awkward topic for people to speak about, so by going into schools, and giving public talks it helps break that down," said Bernard.
The campaign gives the impression, at least, that the company is confronting deeply awkward topics head on.
Ed Miliband cannot stay off awkward topics just because a thug like Griffin will try to exploit it if he does.
But Cook also used the occasion to challenge Alabama's bedrock conservatism on a variety of awkward topics – race, poverty and discrimination against homosexuality.
The president was not asked to directly address corruption allegations involving his family and a government contractor, but he did respond to other potentially awkward topics such as signs his party is burying his initiative on equal marriage rights.
Don't start with very awkward topics.
