Cantankerous About Being Cantankerous

(We are getting results back on our coursework. I have scored higher than my friend.)

Friend: “You cantankerous wart! How dare you get better than me!”

Me: “You don’t even know what that means.”

Friend: “Yes, I do!”

Me: “Nope, you just learned that word this second.”

Friend: “Prove it.”

(I point at the title of my coursework, which includes “cantankerous.”)

Friend: “Shut up!”

(He tried to ignore my laughing and be angry, but he couldn’t keep it up for the whole lesson.)