I think he was going for shock value, of the disparity between his voice/dress/surroundings and the actual word. I must confess that I found it funny at first. However, I do love the list you have there. :-) Dorothy Parker is one of my favorite put-down artists of all time. :-> I must remember, "This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible, this was terrible with raisins in it."
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