The truth is, that many persons puff themselves into the good graces of snobs and spoonies like themselves, and use cigars by the score now, as Lord Chesterfield drank and smoked in his time, notwithstanding his aversion to wine and tobacco— “because he thought such practices very genteel, and made him look like a man.”

God knows what will happen if she barges in unannounced and finds Howard playing with his Donkey Kong.

1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:

yoga postures that stretch the abs, such as “cow” pose and “updog” pose