adaptional swellings

I was lower than low in the face of a reality that none of my usual resourcefulness or smooth talking could erase or make better.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Duodecimber.

Harry chuckled. 'What is it, old son? Are you worried Natalie will go for a rummage in your undercarriage and come away empty-handed?' Ad spat Tango across the table, missing me by inches. 'No, you knobber,' I said. “I'm meeting her parents for the first time tomorrow.'