Interesting. Informally (anecdotally), I think the norm is quite the opposite: noblesse obliges to never drop the H-bomb in conversation --whence the irksome "w

Interesting. Informally (anecdotally), I think the norm is quite the opposite: noblesse obliges to never drop the H-bomb in conversation --whence the irksome "went to school near Boston" trope [1,2]. It could well be a HBS-only thing, though. They have their own thing going on. [1] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/9/15/harvard-students-go-people/ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/9/15/harvard-students... [2] http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/30/harvard_grads_say_i_went_to_college_in_boston_and_call_it_the_h_bomb_get.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/30/harvard_grads...