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Broad classification for social life & etiquette.
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The intense, fake concentration on a lock screen to prevent small talk in a confined vertical space.
Read full entry →The overwhelming desire to go home that begins the second you hand over your coat.
Read full entry →The subconscious act of agreeing with someone while your mind is entirely elsewhere.
Read full entry →Reducing audio input in a vehicle in order to increase visual concentration while lost.
Read full entry →The sudden, paralyzing inability to remember if you secured your house before leaving.
Read full entry →The deeply ingrained British instinct to ask forgiveness from a table leg.
Read full entry →To prolong a conversation indefinitely because neither party knows the polite way to hang up.
Read full entry →The agonizing experience of bidding someone adieu, only to realize your cars are parked next to each other.
Read full entry →The excruciating public embarrassment of intercepting a greeting not meant for you.
Read full entry →The awkwardness of forcing a stranger into a light jog because you held a door open too early.
Read full entry →The awkward side-to-side mirroring when two pedestrians fail to coordinate passing each other.
Read full entry →The traditional, physical precursor to initiating a departure from a social gathering.
Read full entry →The practice on video calls of turning on your microphone purely to prove you heard a joke.
Read full entry →A vocal cue signaling that a discussion has dragged on enough and movement must begin.
Read full entry →A pause made heavy by the shared awareness that nobody knows what to say.
Read full entry →In the general direction of a line, driven purely by herd mentality.
Read full entry →Accidentally or intentionally dropping out of a fast-moving chat without saying goodbye.
Read full entry →The temporary inability to notice that the remote control is already in your hand.
Read full entry →Caught in an over-polite standoff about who should walk through an exit first.
Read full entry →A departure prolonged by repeated, unnecessary final conversations.
Read full entry →Used when a refusal is already weakening into possible agreement.
Read full entry →To appear occupied by composing a message while avoiding eye contact.
Read full entry →Temporarily unable to produce enthusiasm for human interaction.
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