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noun

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

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There is a whole cottage industry for it now: Amazon and Live Nation hired influencer Grace McCarrick to improve their workers’ social skills in the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

"Because of a lack of social skills, social awareness and social norms, behaviour occurred which, put bluntly, shouldn't have."

From BBC May 6, 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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