An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of
Jane Austin novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek
banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech
common during the Regency period.
Chick:
Dude, this
party is great and all, but I've been sitting on this couch so long that my leg is falling asleep.
Dude: Shall we take a turn about the room?"