polite society

It was no longer possible for polite society to deny the sexual nature of the devices.

Everybody told me that Taiwan is a very polite society and that people don't like gossip and scandals here.

Since the collapse of Northern Rock, light-touch regulation is no longer a phrase that can be used in polite society.

Now that polite society has turned from calculating carbs to counting carbon, the driving holiday is no longer a fashionable option.

Modern English polite society seems to me as corrupt as consciousness of culture and absence of honesty can make it.

Now, much of London polite society is slamming the door on him.

She became a rationalist herself , at a time when this considered by many in polite society to be blasphemy .

Environmental sensitivity is now as required an attitude in polite society as is, say, belief in democracy or aversion to nylon.

Environmental sensitivity is now as required an attitude in polite society, as is belief in democracy or aversion to nylon.

In my opinion, it's one of the first refinements of a polite society.

It was the cute to the hypocritical morality of nobal bourgeoisie in polite society.

Mentioning death in polite society is considered morbid unless it's in the context of a lurid murder.

Not too long ago much of polite society in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen saw the SNP as a collection of leftish cranks.

The new aristocracy spoke French, and this became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society.

Equally, it may have been because polite society was refusing to accept him.

He lives by a set of rules polite society doesn't understand, and therefore fears.

Higgins introduces Eliza to polite society, which accepts that Eliza is a "lady" , and the professor wins his bet.

It does not do these days to admit to being protectionist in polite society.

It is obligatory these days in a polite society to have a complicated attitude toward success.

He is a guy that lives by a different code than most polite society will ever understand or accept.

Spitting on the street is just not the done thing in polite society.

a word unacceptable in polite society; an unacceptable violation of personal freedom.

Others put it more bluntly: "an armed society is a polite society" .

A linguistic taboo refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the "polite" society from general use.

Some dozen years ago she created an uproar in polite society when she openly boasted of distant elvish ancestry. The Hon.

Vulgar language, which was avoided in our grandparent's polite society, is an accepted part of today's permissive society.

Branderton had some knowledge of polite society, and broke the momentary silence.