“booby”
Mrs. Hughes: Well, then. [Hands him a cup of punch]
Charles Carson: What exactly are we celebrating?
Mrs. Hughes: We're celebrating the fact that I can still get a proposal at my age.
Charles Carson: And that's it?
Mrs. Hughes: Of course I'll marry you, you old booby. I thought you'd never ask.
Mrs. Hughes
Downton Abbey / 2010
“badger”
T.S. Garp had a tenacious memory and the indignation of a badger.
John Irving
The World According to Garp