decorum dɪˈkɔrəm noun
1. propriety in manners and conduct
2. the fitness of a composition’s style to its subject
The word decorum has appeared in 90 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 31 in “Three Billionaires Walk Into a Fried Chicken Restaurant,” by John Yoon:
Their rare casual outing — which appeared staged for the public’s eye, as they sat down at a table by the windows facing the street — was especially unusual in South Korea, where top executives of conglomerates keep high standards of decorum and privacy. It signaled the deepened ties between Nvidia, an American chipmaker, with South Korea’s tech and auto industries.
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