Fussable

When your roomie has a sister of fussable age, you're supposed to ask her up to the 'Stute for something—it's fraternity etiquette.

In short, we will fuss about the exact rules for many a year, but no fuss is allowable about the nature of the rules. And precisely here the whole conception is most fussable.

She starts to fuss and cluck me into well-being, but I'm not fussable today. I tell her that I'm going to catch up on a few emails, then take off.