In the case above, Bruce had gut-shot the buck.

[…] traditional cultural notions of womanhood, with women seen as moral guardians of the household and policers of recalcitrant men.

An oocher, according to the The Encyclopedia Erratica, is a motorist who persists in ooching his speed to 35-miles-an-hour in a 30-mile zone. He also is the guy who insists on ooching another drink after the bars close.

I hate learning all the irregular conjugations in French.