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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 14699, member: 7"]</p><p>That doesn't sound like any definition of "polite company" I've ever heard. It sounds more like you're describing people who are just being civil and polite to each-other by choice, and not because the situation demands it, or that you're mixing up "being polite" and "polite company".</p><p></p><p>I think there's a lot of overlap between your definition and mine, but I think the difference is that, with my definition, "polite company" is enforced in some way, usually by people with the authority to kick you out or reject you from the group. It's not just a decision that two people make to be polite to each-other.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A different word that might be helpful here is "mixed company". You might not share certain jokes around your brother's mother-in-law, but when you and your brother are alone, you drop the filter and let loose. You do this because you don't want to offend the acquaintance. You're with people you don't know well, hence: "mixed"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Could it also be a bunch of bros sharing locker-room talk? </p><p></p><p>Like with the mother-in-law example, people can go from "mixed" or "polite" company to "impolite" company depending on where they are and who they are with. They can switch vocabularies right when they go inside the literal locker room.</p><p></p><p>I think this forum is more like the locker room. We can give each-other noogies and snap each-other with towels and make rude gestures, and nobody gets in trouble or offended. We can even talk about subjects that aren't appropriate for the mother-in-law. That's what I think I'm really getting at.</p><p></p><p>Your mother isn't here, so feel free to talk about whether or not you'd molest a child to save it's life.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 14699, member: 7"] That doesn't sound like any definition of "polite company" I've ever heard. It sounds more like you're describing people who are just being civil and polite to each-other by choice, and not because the situation demands it, or that you're mixing up "being polite" and "polite company". I think there's a lot of overlap between your definition and mine, but I think the difference is that, with my definition, "polite company" is enforced in some way, usually by people with the authority to kick you out or reject you from the group. It's not just a decision that two people make to be polite to each-other. A different word that might be helpful here is "mixed company". You might not share certain jokes around your brother's mother-in-law, but when you and your brother are alone, you drop the filter and let loose. You do this because you don't want to offend the acquaintance. You're with people you don't know well, hence: "mixed" Could it also be a bunch of bros sharing locker-room talk? Like with the mother-in-law example, people can go from "mixed" or "polite" company to "impolite" company depending on where they are and who they are with. They can switch vocabularies right when they go inside the literal locker room. I think this forum is more like the locker room. We can give each-other noogies and snap each-other with towels and make rude gestures, and nobody gets in trouble or offended. We can even talk about subjects that aren't appropriate for the mother-in-law. That's what I think I'm really getting at. Your mother isn't here, so feel free to talk about whether or not you'd molest a child to save it's life. [/QUOTE]
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