| No Images? Click here   One of my favorite stories from this week looked at what happened to a common phrase. HuffPost’s Caroline Bologna talked to etiquette experts and linguists to capture why we seem to feel uncomfortable saying, “You’re welcome,” what we've turned to instead — looking at you “No problem!” and “No worries!” — and the likely reasons why.As she writes:“The reasons for the decline do not necessarily come from a place of rudeness, nor is ‘you’re welcome’ simply another thing that millennials are bent on ‘killing.’ In some ways, it comes from a desire to be more considerate.‘I think people worry that with ‘you’re welcome,’ it’s an expectation that this person should have thanked you and they did in fact do the right thing,’ Emily Post’s great-granddaughter Lizzie Post, co-host of the Emily Post Institute’s ‘Awesome Etiquette’ podcast, told HuffPost. ‘People feel that it’s less humble. ‘You’re welcome’ also gets a snarky rep from time to time.’”So the next time you have the door held you for or watch “Moana” and unwittingly cringe ever-so-slightly, just know… we’re here for you.Oh, and:  Frances McDormand ended her acceptance speech when she won the Oscar for Best Actress with the insider term below. Here's what it really means. 
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