ˈalˌfänz...ˈgastən, ˈau̇ˌf-, -än(t)s-, -aast- noun
( plural alphonses and gastons )
Usage: usually capitalized 1st A&G
Etymology: after Alphonse and Gaston, characters displaying excessive politeness and often uttering the phrases “after you, my dear Gaston” and “after you, my dear Alphonse” that appeared in the comic strip Alphonse and Gaston by Frederick B. Opper died 1937 American illustrator and cartoonist
: a pair of persons exhibiting an excessive usually exaggerated politeness or deference to each other especially about not taking precedence