Sentence:  There is an aspect of the cultural conservative argument that sometimes drifts dangerously close to tha view, elitist to the core, as elitist as the New Class, as elitist as limousine liberalism: "The public ain't got no <WSD>couth</WSD>." You can hear those old-fashioned elitist wheels spinning: Maybe we need a few government regulations to deal with the <WSD>couth</WSD> shortage. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.