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He seemed to be a masochist, reaching out to be insulted again and again.

According to the suit, the woman did not consent to be filmed, “must less be insulted.”

He seemed to be a masochist, reaching out to be insulted again and again.

“It doesn’t matter what most people think. For the kind of people this thing matters to, the little details matter. Their fancy is a fancier fancy. And if they’re expecting fancy and get met with a shirt collar with buttons on it, they’d be insulted.”

“I’m always expecting fancy when I see you, and yet here you are in a button-down collar. Should I be insulted?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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