charm school
Deportment training institution
A charm school is an institution teaching etiquette, poise, grooming, and social graces—traditionally for young women seeking polish before entering society or the workforce.
The term often carries an ironic edge now, suggesting outdated ideas about feminine refinement: She acts like she skipped charm school.
Someone sarcastically told to go to charm school is being called rude or unpolished.
- postureBody position, alignment
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- walkTravel on foot
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
decorum · politeness · cotillion · polite society · debutante · coming out party · grooming · bow · deportment · self-presentation · graciousness · young ladies · public speaking · protocol · poise · ladylike · etiquette · proper etiquette
- elite educationboarding schools, prep schools, private schools, international schools, elite schools
- girls' educationgirls' schools, girls' education, finishing schools, convent schools, girls' schooling
- etiquette itemsEmily Post, Miss Manners, cotillion
- girls programsGirl Scouts, Girl Guides, Girls Who Code, cotillion, empowerment workshops
- Southern Bellesdebutante, debutantes, cotillion, gentility, drawl
- schoolscollege, academy, university, preschool, kindergarten
charm schooltrade school
Career-focused technical education
vocational school · technical college · military academy · STEM program · boot camp
charm schoolboot camp
Initial military instruction program
military training · combat training · reform school · correctional facility · self-defense class
charm schoolreform school
Institution for young offenders
school of hard knocks · juvenile detention · prison · borstal · correctional facility
school, charm, charming, charmed, charmer, disarming, charmingly, charmers, uncharming