Miss Manners

Politeness column persona

Miss Manners is the pen name of Judith Martin, an American journalist who writes a syndicated etiquette column.

The name has become shorthand for any authority on proper behavior or social protocol: Don't be such a Miss Manners about it.

Someone playing Miss Manners corrects others' manners, often with an air of gentle superiority.

Related

dear reader · protocol · proper · decorum · advice · columnist · formal · gracious · thank-you · RSVP · napkin · silverware · finger bowl · bread and butter · hostess · place setting · comportment · tact

Opposites
social conduct standards

Miss Mannersboor

Rude, insensitive person

vulgarian · lout · Howard Stern · slob · barbarian

social instruction style

Miss MannersHoward Stern

Alex Jones · insult comic · troll · Rush Limbaugh · loudmouth

cultural permissiveness

Miss MannersHugh Hefner

hippie · libertine · bohemian · hedonist · free spirit

Family

miss, misses, missed, missing, manner, manners, mannered, mannerly, unmannerly

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G