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I encountered the expression "the whole chummy locker-room routine", but am struggling to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
“You are a friend of Pooh Pasternak’s?” So they knew his old nickname as well. “Friends of Pooh’s are always welcome here.” Handshake, arm around my shoulder, the whole chummy locker-room routine. “He was a good friend of my father’s,” I corrected. “Sort of looks after things.”
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, First Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. It is narrated by a nameless male protagonist. He meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. Now Hans, the host of the party, is welcoming the protagonist when he said that he was the friend of Pooh, who was also the friend of Hans.
I wonder what the underlined expression means.
I am vaguely guessing that it might mean "a friendly (=chummy) process which takes place in the locker room", but I wonder what "routine" takes place in the locker room.
Probably there might be a cultural thing that I don't know, so I just wanted to ask you.
“You are a friend of Pooh Pasternak’s?” So they knew his old nickname as well. “Friends of Pooh’s are always welcome here.” Handshake, arm around my shoulder, the whole chummy locker-room routine. “He was a good friend of my father’s,” I corrected. “Sort of looks after things.”
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, First Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. It is narrated by a nameless male protagonist. He meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. Now Hans, the host of the party, is welcoming the protagonist when he said that he was the friend of Pooh, who was also the friend of Hans.
I wonder what the underlined expression means.
I am vaguely guessing that it might mean "a friendly (=chummy) process which takes place in the locker room", but I wonder what "routine" takes place in the locker room.
Probably there might be a cultural thing that I don't know, so I just wanted to ask you.