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social skills

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noun

  • The set of personal abilities that enable effective communication, interaction, and cooperation with other people.

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Far from a predatory pattern of a serial abuser, Cohen characterized the encounters as ham-fisted and occasionally tone deaf bumblings of a “creep” with limited social skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

They focus on applied behavior analysis, or ABA, a type of therapy that is supposed to help autistic people manage behavior and develop daily living and social skills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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  • people skills
  • knowing how to work a room
  • soft skills
  • good with people
  • the rizz

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  • unsociability
  • being a wallflower
  • foot-in-mouth disease
  • main character syndrome

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