In case you wanted to know the technical term for this behavior

[brigdh]

In the middle of a dense, jargon-filled article about politeness in conversation:

Points made by allusion to social-class status are sometimes called snubs; those made by allusions to moral respectability are sometimes called digs; in either case one deals with a capacity at what is sometimes called 'bitchiness'.

Bwahahaha! I think it's the quotes around bitchiness that really make it: I can picture the grey-haired professor pausing ever so slightly before he types the word.

Comments

[b-hallward.livejournal.com]

I love totally inappropriate intellectualizing -- it's so absurd, how could it not be funny?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's always the surprise of it for me- you're reading along, perfectly bored ordinary, and then: bitchiness! Always funny.