From a dream:
The Cummerbund Response: a gesture, utterance, or choice of apparel whose degree of formality exceeds what is appropriate to an occasion, typically a result of social uncertainty.A related post
Skeptiphobia (also from a dream)
[In my dream, the term showed up uncapitalized, but capitals look so good in Jim’s comment that I’ve added them here.]
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I'd like to propose the antithetical Hawaiian Shorts Syndrome: a gesture, utterance, or choice of apparel whose degree of formality fails to achieve what is appropriate to an occasion, typically a result of social obliviousness. (The Cummerbund Response usually arises out of a fear of suffering from the Hawaiian Shorts Syndrome).
Very nice.
My dream lacked capital letters, but I’m going to borrow them — I like the extra formality.
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