Persiflage

"Mushroomburger" He scoffs.

"What?" I said.

"Mushroomburger. It's probably the most disgusting thing ever." He repeated his disdain for the food.

"Hey! It's one of my favorite burgers!"

"Just stick fungus between two slices of bread"

I laughed and he continued with his tirade, with more passion this time. "It's true! I will never eat anything that grows on dead things."

"Yeah, but you eat dead things!"

"Yeah, but not things that grow on dead things!"

"It's an edible thing!"

"That grows on dead things."

"But it's still edible."

"So is sterilized dog poo"

A beat. "I love our persiflage."