To be perfectly candid, the idea of "the cocktail circuit" has always been unEnglish and, as far as I can ascertain, non-U (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English). Not that anyone bothers with such things nowadays. But Alan Ross's paper on the linguistic aspects of such snobbery still makes for entertaining reading.
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Date: 2/5/13 16:01 (UTC)http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/ufy/24991_s113_150Ross.pdf (http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/ufy/24991_s113_150Ross.pdf)