Tony Bennetts cool duck syndrom - Sprezzatura

 Sprezzatura [sprettsaˈtuːra] is an Italian word originating from Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author as "a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it". It is the ability of the courtier to display "an easy facility in accomplishing difficult actions which hides the conscious effort that went into them". Sprezzatura has also been described "as a form of defensive irony: the ability to disguise what one really desires, feels, thinks, and means or intends behind a mask of apparent reticence and nonchalance."

The word has entered the English language; the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "studied carelessness"

SPIEGEL: Das Magazin Spin ernannte Sie neulich zum Paten der coolen, modernen Musik.

Bennett: Cool? Ich weiß gar nicht, was das Wort heute noch bedeutet. Früher meinten wir damit jemand, der sich selbst und die Dinge im Griff hatte und dabei ganz entspannt wirkte.

SPIEGEL: Ein Harvard-Professor definierte Coolness neulich als "Charisma ohne Anstrengung".

Bennett: Gefällt mir. Ich allerdings habe mich immer verdammt angestrengt. Nur merken durfte es keiner.

The “Duck Syndrome” is a term coined by Stanford University and seems to be running rampant at many colleges (and from my research) in many high schools as well.

What is the Duck Syndrome? Well, think of a duck gliding along the water. She looks very serene, calm and pleasant. Then, if you look under the water, she is paddling frantically.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/09/19/teens-the-duck-syndrome/