Fumbling
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Both words in one sentence
- He's constantly trying to light it, fumbling it, dropping it, having to find it again, failing to light it, having it stolen by Naomi, and so on and so forth, for the whole scene, and Naomi doesn't even pause expositing at him about how he's going to die, horribly.
Source: Must Have Nicotine -
During Weekend Update, Norm MacDonald appeared to pause in the middle of a joke to shuffle some papers before finally snapping "You can flip that cue card anytime you want to", thus revealing the real reason for his fumbling.
Source: Series / Saturday Night Live
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