overfriendliness

Updated: July 1, 2025

I know three-fourths of the people in Beloit, Wisconsin, by their first names. I've lived here six months and I'm not on informal terms with anybody except Teddy, the landlady's dog, and he's a trained rat-and-book-agent terrier, and not inclined to overfriendliness.

Edna Ferber - Buttered Side Down: Stories