From innocent career advice to casual vacation planning, these everyday expressions reveal an uncomfortable truth about class ...

When someone thinks they're being polite, those with incredible intelligence can see right through it. Here are 11 phrases ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to what gender-neutral honorific can replace sir or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a ...

It is true that we no longer dance around in the elevator so as to allow all the women to get out before the men. There is, ...

Have you taken the Bloomberg AI-dentity Quiz? I did, and it pegged me as a “cautious optimist.” That seemed about right — but my sense of optimism was tested recently. No, I wasn’t reading “If Anyone ...

Do rude prompts really get better answers? Short answer: sometimes. A 2025 arXiv study tested 50 questions rewritten in five tones and found that rude prompts slightly outperformed polite ones with ...

Even though social interaction and cultivating positive social relationships are often the root of joy and happiness in our lives, at least according to a Harvard University study, sometimes we just ...

If an Iranian taxi driver waves away your payment, saying, “Be my guest this time,” accepting their offer would be a cultural disaster. They expect you to insist on paying—probably three times—before ...

CNN: Today on CNN This Morning, anchor Audie Cornish interviewed the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Executive Vice President Nico Perrino on the fatal shooting of conservative ...