[Veronica blinks at him, and actually smiles, a corner of her mouth turning upwards.]

Aww. Thanks. [A second's pause, then, still smiling and with a teasing fondness:] Bitch. [This is clearly the best way to make friends, right?]

Right? Plus if you really want to piss someone off it's a great way of telling them you think they're talking out of their ass—I mean, pretending they know something they don't.