“Why hello there handsome. Or beautiful. Is there a general term for describing eye-candy?”
“The word you want is ‘gorgeous’, honey.”
“Right. Gorgeous.”
“Maybe you should get a thesaurus, Mr Stark? You’ll want to be looking in the antonyms for a descriptor for me, I know.”
“… Uh-huh.”
“Ooooh, elliptical. Unpack that for me, honey; I want to know what that sound and that sceptical reaction /means/.”
“Draw your own conclusions honey.”
“Nownow, use your words. I don’t like to be played with.”
“Nobody’s playing here, sweetheart. I’m succinct when I want to be. And it’s my prerogative, no?”
“… you know, I don’t even know how to answer that. I’ll just fall back on my confusion. What are you looking at?”