Americans give compliments constantly — and not all of them mean what they say. American social complimenting is a cultural system: which compliments are genuine, which are performative, which are backhanded, and how to respond without seeming arrogant or falsely modest. This episode teaches the full range — from sincere to sarcastic to subtly insulting.

This is Real Talk English — no filter, no fluff. Just the English they don't teach in school.

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