etiquette
conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion.
a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances.
the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other: medical etiquette.
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There is no etiquette rule that dictates who should initiate holiday calls.
Miss Manners: Who calls whom? Who cares? Just pick up the phone. | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostWe usually enjoy our meals together at the table, but of late, he has abandoned all forms of dining etiquette.
Miss Manners: Husband’s rude eating habits driving wife up the wall | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s also created new—and sometimes contentious—etiquette and social dynamics.
This covers basic gun safety, hunting regulations, rudimentary outdoor skills, and general hunting etiquette.
Wedding etiquette right now comes down to how couples can prioritize not only their health, but also the health and safety of their loved ones.
How to turn down a wedding invitation during the coronavirus pandemic | Brooke Henderson | August 23, 2020 | Fortune
The key is to recognize that etiquette changes over time and varies across circumstances.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd literary decorum, to elaborate, is almost the opposite of what decorum means in real life, which means etiquette basically.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe three-day rule is just one of many dating etiquette rules that have been killed by modern-day technology.
The Way We Live Now: Nearly Half of Single Cellphone Users Have Received a Sext, Two-Thirds of Couples Share Passwords | Emily Shire | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if I tell, I risk seeming like a huge dork... What do you think is the proper etiquette?
Garance Doré Signs Book Deal; Lena Dunham Wrote to Sex Columnist About Being a Virgin at Age 19 | The Fashion Beast Team | August 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe also has fabulous posture, good table etiquette, and grace.
If you wanted to let her go you did so; if not, you talked in the squeaky voice that is the recognized etiquette of the carnival.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIn Havana, as throughout Cuba, there is a cigar etiquette, to infringe any of the rules of which is construed as an insult.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.etiquette exists in some form in all countries, has existed and will exist in all ages.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyThe attention to the small details of table etiquette is one of the surest marks of good breeding.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyThe king, however, soon forgot the neglect of etiquette in the momentous questions which were pressing upon his attention.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for etiquette
/ (ˈɛtɪˌkɛt, ˌɛtɪˈkɛt) /
the customs or rules governing behaviour regarded as correct or acceptable in social or official life
a conventional but unwritten code of practice followed by members of any of certain professions or groups: medical etiquette
Origin of etiquette
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