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22nd April 12, 09:31 AM
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Jock, you are correct that, in the US at least, "Dress" means you might be forced to put on a tie. I believe it comes from little boys complaining that they have to get "dressed up" for company. 
Semi-formal is a term (badly) used to mean a level of dress from lounge/business suit up to black tie. It is also known as Black Tie Optional. As you're rather fond of saying, it is neither fish-nor-fowl.
I've never been to a white tie event, as I rarely travel in such rarefied circles. I have been to a number of events that were either Black Tie or Black Tie Optional (Semi-formal).
Given the nature of things as they are here in the US, Semi-formal means that a few people inevitably show up in khakis and a polo shirt.
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Last edited by artificer; 22nd April 12 at 09:32 AM.
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