ShopHow do you do? Colossus Contests 213
November 10, 2009 by The Judge
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‘How do you do’ is a polite formal greeting, one associated especially with the upper class. Our Baffler clue ‘Imbroglio’ had this greeting as its answer, but in a less than polite sense. The phrase also has a sarcastic meaning, used for an unpleasant situation. It’s the sort of thing you might say if you spill coffee on your crossword, for instance.
