“The force gets dispersed in bad form,” said Gina Pongetti, a physical therapist with more than 20 years of experience working with college, national team and elite gymnasts.

I will say there is this idea out there that in a work setting, if you were a manager, it actually is really bad form to text your employee at 8:00 PM, being like, don’t forget to bring the presentation tomorrow or whatever.

There was a time when it was considered bad form for Hollywood celebrities to take a stand on polarizing political issues or politicians for fear it could harm their movie or television careers.

By "failing to get a buy-in" from Singaporeans, they seeded "a very bad form of racism and bigotry" that persists to this day, said Mr Vadaketh who runs the independent news magazine Jom.

"Very bad form and comes off as defensive, though would be a bigger deal in a jury trial."