I always chose to see that as Cordelia responding to the insinuation that Aral would cheat on her with a man against her knowledge. Although the insinuation sets my teeth on edge every damn time, so I can see how you'd want to howl.

Sometimes, though, yeah. There's things that are just so WHAT that you can't find the time to find the in-universe explanation, you just are stuck on WHAT. Oh, Lois