Psychologist Ty Tashiro, author of "Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially awkward and Why That's Awesome," explains why awkward people are more likely to demonstrate "striking talent." Following ...

What a person says in uncomfortable moments can offer some insight into how social settings make them feel. Being socially awkward is often rooted in a variety of struggles a person may be facing.

You may see someone as rude or narcissistic when in truth, they're just really, really awkward. People who are socially awkward tend to be uncomfortable in social situations, which can make them feel ...

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The holidays offer many opportunities for awkward moments. Political discussions, of course, hold plenty of potential. But any time opinions differ, where estrangements have caused lingering rifts, or ...

A great meme might force you to do a double-take and wonder what the ever-loving heck is going on as you giggle and smile.

I'm tired of the word "awkward." I have this theory that we say "awkward" when we really mean that we encountered something that made us feel anxious, which is to say, we were forced to confront our ...

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have had an awkward relationship since they began cheating on their partners with each other, ...

Growing up, I had an irrational fear of becoming a meme. This was in the 2000s—before the word “meme” had truly entered the popular lexicon of the internet-minded, before the “internet-minded” meant ...

You don't normally think of jocks as being awkward. Usually being socially inept, painfully poor with words or just supremely dopey is considered the work of the Dungeons and Dragons sect. In reality, ...