All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out.

“Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”

I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.

Manufacturers of sponge-rubber products have noted a tendency for designers and other users to overspecify.