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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
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'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
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A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
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'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
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'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
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'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
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'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
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'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
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'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
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'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
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'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
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'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
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'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
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'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
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'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
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'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
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'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
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'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
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'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
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'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
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'''Wild Turkey'''<br /><br />
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]<br />
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'''malevolent'''<br /><br />
evil<br />
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'''Ottawan papparazzo'''<br /><br />
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous. <br />
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'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
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'''Bavarian'''<br /><br />
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]<br />
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'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."'''<br /><br />
The editor choked on a cocktail onion. <br />
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'''Albertan'''<br /><br />
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]<br />
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'''countenance'''<br /><br />
Admit as possible.<br />
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'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
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'''blithe'''<br /><br />
casually indifferent<br />
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'''cavortings'''<br /><br />
sexual pursuits<br />
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'''near-eastern'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]<br />
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'''medical attaches'''<br /><br />
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.<br />
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'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."'''<br /><br />
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms<br />
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'''hypodermic'''<Br /><br />
injected<br />
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'''Jivaro'''<br /><br />
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.<br />
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'''South-Central L.A.'''<br /><br />
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence. <br />
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'''Basin'''<br /><br />
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.<br />
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'''Ralston'''<br /><br />
breakfast cereal <br />
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'''locutions'''<br /><br />
Sayings; phrases.<br />
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'''"I want to tell you...My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
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'''"I don't mind...I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
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'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922).<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''Saudi'''<br /><br />
Of [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/SA.html Saudi Arabia.]<br />
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'''diplomatic immunity'''<br /><br />
Diplomats are granted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity freedom] from prosecution under a host country's laws. <br />
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'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
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'''idolatrous'''<br /><br />
Worships idols instead a God. <br />
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'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
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'''Montreal'''<br /><br />
A french-speaking [http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/ city] in the Canadian province of Quebec. <br />
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'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
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'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
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'''residency'''<br /><br />
A stage of specialized medical training in a hospital after graduation from medical school. <br />
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'''retinue'''<br /><br />
A group of advisers accompanying an important person; an entourage. <br />
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'''E.N.T.'''<br /><br />
Abbreviation for "ear-nose-throat." <br />
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'''Toblerone'''<br /><br />
A Swedish-made [http://www.toblerone.com/ chocolate bar]. <br />
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In the 1990 essay "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction", DFW uses Toblerone to point out that treats are acceptable in small amounts but harmful if consumed in large amounts. "One can only guess at what volume of gin or poundage of Toblerone six hours of Special Treat a day would convert to." ''(" E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again. (1997): 37.)''<br />
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'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
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'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungus that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
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'''intestinal flora'''<br /> <br />
Referring to Candida albacans, one of the microorganisms that lives in the human mouth and intestines.<br />
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'''monilial sinusitis'''<br /><br />
Inflammation of the nasal sinus caused by fungus of the genus Monila.<br />
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'''thrush'''<br /><br />
A fungal infection caused by (here) Candida albicans. Sort of a yeast infection of the mouth. <br />
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'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
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'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
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'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here. This word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
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'''veritable'''<br /><br />
Genuine<br />
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'''nonpareil'''<br /><br />
unrivaled<br />
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'''sumptuous'''<br /><br />
splendid; expensive<br />
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'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
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'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
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'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
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'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
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'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
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'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
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'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
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'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
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'''promulgated'''<br /><br />
make widely known <br />
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'''imperial'''<br /><br />
a small pointed beard. <br />
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'''detritus'''<br /><br />
debris<br />
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'''silk-analog'''<br /><br />
molecularly similar to silk <br />
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'''recursive'''<br /><br />
repetitive<br />
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'''dyspeptic'''<br /><br />
irritable<br />
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'''penitent'''<br /><br />
showing regret for having done wrong<br />
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'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
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'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
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'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
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'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
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'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
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'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
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'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
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'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
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'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
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'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
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'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
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'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
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'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
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'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
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'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
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'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
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==Page 42==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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==Page 43==<br />
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'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
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'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
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'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
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'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
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'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
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'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
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'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
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'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
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'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
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==Page 48==<br />
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'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
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'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
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'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
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'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
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'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
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'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
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'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
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'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
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'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
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'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
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'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
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'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
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'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
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==Page 52==<br />
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'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
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'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
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'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
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'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
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'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
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'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
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'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
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==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
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'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
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'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
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'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
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'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
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'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
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'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
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'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
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'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
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==Page 55==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
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'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
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'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
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'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
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==Page 57==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]<br />
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'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
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'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
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'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
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'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
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'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
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'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
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'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]<br />
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'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
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'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
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'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
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'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
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'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
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'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
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'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
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'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
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'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
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'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
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'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
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'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
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'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
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'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
<br />
'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
<br />
'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
<br />
'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
<br />
==Endnote 22==<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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==Page 60 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
<br />
'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
<br />
'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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==Page 62==<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
<br />
'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
<br />
'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
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'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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<br />
'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
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A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
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'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
<br />
'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
<br />
'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
<br />
'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
<br />
'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
<br />
'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
<br />
'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
<br />
'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
<br />
'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
<br />
'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
<br />
'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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<br />
'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
<br />
'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
<br />
'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
<br />
'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
<br />
'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
<br />
'''Wild Turkey'''<br /><br />
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]<br />
<br />
'''malevolent'''<br /><br />
evil<br />
<br />
'''Ottawan papparazzo'''<br /><br />
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous. <br />
<br />
'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
<br />
'''Bavarian'''<br /><br />
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]<br />
<br />
'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."'''<br /><br />
The editor choked on a cocktail onion. <br />
<br />
'''Albertan'''<br /><br />
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]<br />
<br />
'''countenance'''<br /><br />
Admit as possible.<br />
<br />
'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
<br />
'''blithe'''<br /><br />
casually indifferent<br />
<br />
'''cavortings'''<br /><br />
sexual pursuits<br />
<br />
'''near-eastern'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]<br />
<br />
'''medical attaches'''<br /><br />
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.<br />
<br />
'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."'''<br /><br />
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms<br />
<br />
'''hypodermic'''<Br /><br />
injected<br />
<br />
'''Jivaro'''<br /><br />
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.<br />
<br />
'''South-Central L.A.'''<br /><br />
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence. <br />
<br />
'''Basin'''<br /><br />
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.<br />
<br />
'''Ralston'''<br /><br />
breakfast cereal <br />
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==Page 32==<br />
<br />
'''locutions'''<br /><br />
Sayings; phrases.<br />
<br />
'''"I want to tell you...My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
<br />
'''"I don't mind...I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
<br />
'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922).<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Saudi'''<br /><br />
Of [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/SA.html Saudi Arabia.]<br />
<br />
'''diplomatic immunity'''<br /><br />
Diplomats are granted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity freedom] from prosecution under a host country's laws. <br />
<br />
'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
<br />
'''idolatrous'''<br /><br />
Worships idols instead a God. <br />
<br />
'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
<br />
'''Montreal'''<br /><br />
A french-speaking [http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/ city] in the Canadian province of Quebec. <br />
<br />
'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
<br />
'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
<br />
'''residency'''<br /><br />
A stage of specialized medical training in a hospital after graduation from medical school. <br />
<br />
'''retinue'''<br /><br />
A group of advisers accompanying an important person; an entourage. <br />
<br />
'''E.N.T.'''<br /><br />
Abbreviation for "ear-nose-throat." <br />
<br />
'''Toblerone'''<br /><br />
A Swedish-made [http://www.toblerone.com/ chocolate bar]. <br />
<br />
In the 1990 essay "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction", DFW uses Toblerone to point out that treats are acceptable in small amounts but harmful if consumed in large amounts. "One can only guess at what volume of gin or poundage of Toblerone six hours of Special Treat a day would convert to." ''(" E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again. (1997): 37.)''<br />
<br />
'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
<br />
'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungus that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
<br />
'''intestinal flora'''<br /> <br />
Referring to Candida albacans, one of the microorganisms that lives in the human mouth and intestines.<br />
<br />
'''monilial sinusitis'''<br /><br />
Inflammation of the nasal sinus caused by fungus of the genus Monila.<br />
<br />
'''thrush'''<br /><br />
A fungal infection caused by (here) Candida albicans. Sort of a yeast infection of the mouth. <br />
<br />
'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
<br />
'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here. This word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
<br />
'''veritable'''<br /><br />
Genuine<br />
<br />
'''nonpareil'''<br /><br />
unrivaled<br />
<br />
'''sumptuous'''<br /><br />
splendid; expensive<br />
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'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
<br />
'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
<br />
'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
<br />
'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
<br />
'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
<br />
'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
<br />
'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
<br />
'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
<br />
==Page 35==<br />
<br />
'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
<br />
'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
<br />
'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
<br />
'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
<br />
'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
<br />
==Page 37==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
<br />
==Page 38==<br />
<br />
'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
<br />
'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
<br />
'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
<br />
'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 40==<br />
<br />
'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
<br />
==Page 41==<br />
<br />
'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
<br />
'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 43==<br />
<br />
'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
<br />
'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
<br />
==Page 44==<br />
<br />
'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
<br />
==Page 45==<br />
<br />
'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
<br />
'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
<br />
==Page 46==<br />
<br />
'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
<br />
'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
<br />
'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
<br />
'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
<br />
'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
<br />
'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
<br />
==Page 50==<br />
<br />
'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
<br />
'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
<br />
'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
<br />
==Page 51==<br />
<br />
'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
<br />
'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
==Page 51 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
<br />
'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
<br />
'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
<br />
==Page 52==<br />
<br />
'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
<br />
'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
<br />
'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
<br />
'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
<br />
'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
<br />
'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
<br />
'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
<br />
'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
<br />
'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
<br />
==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
<br />
'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
<br />
==Page 57==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]<br />
<br />
'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
<br />
'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
<br />
'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
<br />
'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
<br />
'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
<br />
==Page 58==<br />
<br />
'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
<br />
'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]<br />
<br />
'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
<br />
'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
<br />
'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
<br />
'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
<br />
'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
<br />
'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
<br />
'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
<br />
'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
<br />
'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
<br />
'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
<br />
'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
<br />
'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
<br />
'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
<br />
'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
<br />
'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
<br />
'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
<br />
'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
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==Endnote 22==<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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==Page 60 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
<br />
'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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==Page 62==<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
<br />
'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
<br />
'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
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'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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==Page 28==<br />
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'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
<br />
A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
<br />
'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
<br />
'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
<br />
'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
<br />
'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
<br />
'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
<br />
'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
<br />
'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
<br />
'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
<br />
'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
<br />
'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
<br />
'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
<br />
'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
<br />
'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
<br />
'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
<br />
'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
<br />
'''Wild Turkey'''<br /><br />
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]<br />
<br />
'''malevolent'''<br /><br />
evil<br />
<br />
'''Ottawan papparazzo'''<br /><br />
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous. <br />
<br />
'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
<br />
'''Bavarian'''<br /><br />
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]<br />
<br />
'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."'''<br /><br />
The editor choked on a cocktail onion. <br />
<br />
'''Albertan'''<br /><br />
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]<br />
<br />
'''countenance'''<br /><br />
Admit as possible.<br />
<br />
'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
<br />
'''blithe'''<br /><br />
casually indifferent<br />
<br />
'''cavortings'''<br /><br />
sexual pursuits<br />
<br />
'''near-eastern'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]<br />
<br />
'''medical attaches'''<br /><br />
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.<br />
<br />
'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."'''<br /><br />
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms<br />
<br />
'''hypodermic'''<Br /><br />
injected<br />
<br />
'''Jivaro'''<br /><br />
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.<br />
<br />
'''South-Central L.A.'''<br /><br />
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence. <br />
<br />
'''Basin'''<br /><br />
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.<br />
<br />
'''Ralston'''<br /><br />
breakfast cereal <br />
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==Page 32==<br />
<br />
'''locutions'''<br /><br />
Sayings; phrases.<br />
<br />
'''"I want to tell you...My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
<br />
'''"I don't mind...I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
<br />
'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922).<br />
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==Page 33==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
<br />
'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
<br />
'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
<br />
'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
<br />
'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
<br />
'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungal infection that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
<br />
'''monilial'''<br /><br />
of or caused by fungus of the genus ''Monila''<br />
<br />
'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
<br />
'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here, this word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
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'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
<br />
'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
<br />
'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
<br />
'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
<br />
'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
<br />
'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
<br />
'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
<br />
'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
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<br />
'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
<br />
'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
<br />
'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
<br />
'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
<br />
'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
<br />
==Page 37==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
<br />
==Page 38==<br />
<br />
'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
<br />
'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
<br />
'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
<br />
'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 40==<br />
<br />
'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
<br />
==Page 41==<br />
<br />
'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
<br />
'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 43==<br />
<br />
'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
<br />
'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
<br />
==Page 44==<br />
<br />
'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
<br />
==Page 45==<br />
<br />
'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
<br />
'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
<br />
==Page 46==<br />
<br />
'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
<br />
'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
<br />
'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
<br />
'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
<br />
'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
<br />
'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
<br />
==Page 50==<br />
<br />
'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
<br />
'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
<br />
'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
<br />
==Page 51==<br />
<br />
'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
<br />
'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
==Page 51 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
<br />
'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
<br />
'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
<br />
==Page 52==<br />
<br />
'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
<br />
'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
<br />
'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
<br />
'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
<br />
'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
<br />
'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
<br />
'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
<br />
'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
<br />
'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
<br />
==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
<br />
'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
<br />
==Page 57==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]<br />
<br />
'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
<br />
'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
<br />
'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
<br />
'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
<br />
'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
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'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
<br />
'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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==Page 59==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]<br />
<br />
'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
<br />
'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
<br />
'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
<br />
'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
<br />
'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
<br />
'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
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==Page 60==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
<br />
'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
<br />
'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
<br />
'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
<br />
'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
<br />
'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
<br />
'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
<br />
'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
<br />
'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
<br />
'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
<br />
'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
<br />
'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
<br />
==Endnote 22==<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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==Page 60 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
<br />
'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
<br />
'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
<br />
'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
<br />
'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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==Page 28==<br />
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'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
<br />
A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
<br />
'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
<br />
'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
<br />
'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
<br />
'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
<br />
'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
<br />
'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
<br />
'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
<br />
'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
<br />
'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
<br />
'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
<br />
'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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<br />
'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
<br />
'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
<br />
'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
<br />
'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
<br />
'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
<br />
'''Wild Turkey'''<br /><br />
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]<br />
<br />
'''malevolent'''<br /><br />
evil<br />
<br />
'''Ottawan papparazzo'''<br /><br />
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous. <br />
<br />
'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
<br />
'''Bavarian'''<br /><br />
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]<br />
<br />
'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."'''<br /><br />
The editor choked on a cocktail onion. <br />
<br />
'''Albertan'''<br /><br />
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]<br />
<br />
'''countenance'''<br /><br />
Admit as possible.<br />
<br />
'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
<br />
'''blithe'''<br /><br />
casually indifferent<br />
<br />
'''cavortings'''<br /><br />
sexual pursuits<br />
<br />
'''near-eastern'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]<br />
<br />
'''medical attaches'''<br /><br />
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.<br />
<br />
'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."'''<br /><br />
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms<br />
<br />
'''hypodermic'''<Br /><br />
injected<br />
<br />
'''Jivaro'''<br /><br />
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.<br />
<br />
'''South-Central L.A.'''<br /><br />
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence. <br />
<br />
'''Basin'''<br /><br />
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.<br />
<br />
'''Ralston'''<br /><br />
breakfast cereal <br />
<br />
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==Page 32==<br />
<br />
'''locutions'''<br /><br />
Sayings; phrases. Sometimes made for the sole purpose of referencing something.<br />
<br />
'''"I want to tell you...My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
<br />
'''"I don't mind...I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
<br />
'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922).<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
<br />
'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
<br />
'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
<br />
'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
<br />
'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
<br />
'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungal infection that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
<br />
'''monilial'''<br /><br />
of or caused by fungus of the genus ''Monila''<br />
<br />
'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
<br />
'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here, this word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
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==Page 34==<br />
<br />
'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
<br />
'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
<br />
'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
<br />
'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
<br />
'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
<br />
'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
<br />
'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
<br />
'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
<br />
==Page 35==<br />
<br />
'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
<br />
'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
<br />
'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
<br />
'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
<br />
'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
<br />
==Page 37==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
<br />
==Page 38==<br />
<br />
'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
<br />
'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
<br />
'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
<br />
'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 40==<br />
<br />
'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
<br />
==Page 41==<br />
<br />
'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
<br />
'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 43==<br />
<br />
'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
<br />
'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
<br />
==Page 44==<br />
<br />
'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
<br />
==Page 45==<br />
<br />
'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
<br />
'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
<br />
==Page 46==<br />
<br />
'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
<br />
'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
<br />
'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
<br />
'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
<br />
'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
<br />
'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
<br />
==Page 50==<br />
<br />
'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
<br />
'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
<br />
'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
<br />
==Page 51==<br />
<br />
'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
<br />
'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
==Page 51 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
<br />
'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
<br />
'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
<br />
==Page 52==<br />
<br />
'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
<br />
'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
<br />
'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
<br />
'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
<br />
'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
<br />
'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
<br />
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==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
<br />
'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
<br />
'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
<br />
'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
<br />
'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
<br />
==Page 57==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]<br />
<br />
'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
<br />
'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
<br />
'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
<br />
'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
<br />
'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
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==Page 58==<br />
<br />
'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
<br />
'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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==Page 59==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]<br />
<br />
'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
<br />
'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
<br />
'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
<br />
'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
<br />
'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
<br />
'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
<br />
'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
<br />
'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
<br />
'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
<br />
'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
<br />
'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
<br />
'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
<br />
'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
<br />
'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
<br />
'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
<br />
'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
<br />
'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
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==Endnote 22==<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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==Page 60 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
<br />
'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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==Page 62==<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
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==Page 63==<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
<br />
'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
<br />
'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
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'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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==Page 28==<br />
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'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
<br />
A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
<br />
'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
<br />
'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
<br />
'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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==Page 29==<br />
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'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
<br />
'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
<br />
'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
<br />
'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
<br />
'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
<br />
'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
<br />
'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
<br />
'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
<br />
'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
<br />
'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
<br />
'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
<br />
'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
<br />
'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
<br />
'''Wild Turkey'''<br /><br />
[http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ Bourbon.]<br />
<br />
'''malevolent'''<br /><br />
evil<br />
<br />
'''Ottawan papparazzo'''<br /><br />
A photo-journalist from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa] who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous. <br />
<br />
'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
<br />
'''Bavarian'''<br /><br />
Originating from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria Bavaria.]<br />
<br />
'''"...ill-swallowed cocktail onion..."'''<br /><br />
The editor choked on a cocktail onion. <br />
<br />
'''Albertan'''<br /><br />
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta.]<br />
<br />
'''countenance'''<br /><br />
Admit as possible.<br />
<br />
'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
<br />
'''blithe'''<br /><br />
casually indifferent<br />
<br />
'''cavortings'''<br /><br />
sexual pursuits<br />
<br />
'''near-eastern'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East Ambiguous.]<br />
<br />
'''medical attaches'''<br /><br />
Here, a medical attache is a specialist who assists a wealthy or powerful person's personal physician.<br />
<br />
'''"...stereochemically not dissimilar..."'''<br /><br />
similar, based on the spatial arrangement of atoms<br />
<br />
'''hypodermic'''<Br /><br />
injected<br />
<br />
'''Jivaro'''<br /><br />
Jivaro Indians are native to eastern Ecuador and Peru. They are associated with shrunken heads.<br />
<br />
'''South-Central L.A.'''<br /><br />
An area of Los Angeles known for extreme crime and violence. <br />
<br />
'''Basin'''<br /><br />
A natural depression in the earth. Used often in geological and anthropological contexts.<br />
<br />
'''Ralston'''<br /><br />
breakfast cereal <br />
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==Page 32==<br />
<br />
'''"I want to tell you . . . My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
<br />
'''"I don't mind . . . I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
<br />
'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922). <br />
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==Page 33==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
<br />
'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
<br />
'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
<br />
'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
<br />
'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
<br />
'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungal infection that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
<br />
'''monilial'''<br /><br />
of or caused by fungus of the genus ''Monila''<br />
<br />
'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
<br />
'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here, this word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
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'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
<br />
'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
<br />
'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
<br />
'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
<br />
'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
<br />
'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
<br />
'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
<br />
'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
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==Page 35==<br />
<br />
'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
<br />
'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
<br />
'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
<br />
'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
<br />
'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
<br />
==Page 37==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
<br />
==Page 38==<br />
<br />
'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
<br />
'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
<br />
'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
<br />
'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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==Page 40==<br />
<br />
'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
<br />
==Page 41==<br />
<br />
'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
<br />
'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 43==<br />
<br />
'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
<br />
'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
<br />
==Page 44==<br />
<br />
'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
<br />
==Page 45==<br />
<br />
'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
<br />
'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
<br />
==Page 46==<br />
<br />
'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
<br />
'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
<br />
'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
<br />
'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
<br />
'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
<br />
'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
<br />
==Page 50==<br />
<br />
'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
<br />
'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
<br />
'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
<br />
==Page 51==<br />
<br />
'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
<br />
'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
==Page 51 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
<br />
'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
<br />
'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
<br />
==Page 52==<br />
<br />
'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
<br />
'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
<br />
'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
<br />
'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
<br />
'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
<br />
'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
<br />
'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
<br />
'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
<br />
'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
<br />
'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_13|Endnote 13]]<br />
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==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
<br />
==Page 56==<br />
<br />
'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
<br />
==Page 57==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_17|Endnote 17]]<br />
<br />
'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
<br />
'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
<br />
'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
<br />
'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
<br />
'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
<br />
==Page 58==<br />
<br />
'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
<br />
'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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==Page 59==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_19|Endnote 19]]<br />
<br />
'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
<br />
'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
<br />
'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
<br />
'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
<br />
'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
<br />
'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
<br />
==Page 60==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
<br />
'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
<br />
'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
<br />
'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
<br />
'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
<br />
'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
<br />
'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
<br />
'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
<br />
'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
<br />
'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
<br />
'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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==Page 60==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_21|Endnote 21]]<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
<br />
'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
<br />
==Endnote 22==<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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==Page 60 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
<br />
'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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==Page 61==<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
<br />
'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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==Page 62==<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
<br />
==Page 63==<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
<br />
'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
<br />
'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_23|Endnote 23]]<br />
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'''convulsively'''<br /><br />
As if struck by a convulsion; moving suddenly and without coordination.<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
<br />
'''caries'''<br /><br />
tooth decay, leading to a cavity (always used in plural form)<br />
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==Page 28==<br />
<br />
'''"...a regular verb, transitive..."'''<br /><br />
In english, ''regular'' verbs end in -ed (or -d, for infinitives that end in -e) in the past simple or the past participle. An irregular verb does not follow this rule. For example, "implore," a regular verb, is "implored" in the past simple tense. "Fall," an irregular verb, becomes "fell" in the past simple tense. <br />
<br />
A ''transitive'' verb is able to take a direct object. For example, "I implore you." Intransitive verbs generally necessitate a preposition: "I look at you."<br />
<br />
'''continentally ranked'''<br /><br />
ranking of players in North America, see, e.g., [[Pages_3-27#onancaa|O.N.A.N.C.A.A.]]<br />
<br />
'''supplication'''<br /><br />
To ask earnestly; beg.<br />
<br />
'''OED'''<br /><br />
The abbreviation for "Oxford English Dictionary."<br />
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==Page 29==<br />
<br />
'''Webster's 7th'''<br /><br />
Webster's Dictionary, 7th edition.<br />
<br />
'''moniker'''<br /><br />
nickname<br />
<br />
'''apprised'''<br /><br />
informed<br />
<br />
'''consummate'''<br /><br />
Highly skilled; perfect.<br />
<br />
'''Byzantine erotica'''<br /><br />
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. A cursory google search for "Byzantine Erotica" reveals not very much at all. The topic is either as esoteric as it seems or a DFW invention. <br />
<br />
'''fly-by-night'''<br /> <br />
Untrustworthy.<br />
<br />
'''pejorative'''<br /><br />
derogatory, disparaging (Hal indicating that the phrase "my reputation preceded me" is generally used in a pejorative sense)<br />
<br />
'''Alexandrian'''<br /><br />
Referring to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexander who ruled from 879-913 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''Constantinian'''<br /><br />
Presumably referring to the reign of Constantine "the Great", Byzantine emperor from 306–337 c.e.<br />
<br />
'''"...intra-provincial crisis..."'''<br /><br />
A crisis occurring within a province. <br />
<br />
'''racy mosaics'''<br /><br />
Referring to aforementioned Byzantine Erotica. Mosaics are detailed pictures created with very small pieces of stone. <br />
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<br />
'''sordid liaison'''<br /><br />
A distasteful or morally wrong secret sexual relationship. <br />
<br />
'''amanuensis-cum-operative'''<br /><br />
The professional conversationalist is saying that Luria P----- is both an amanuensis--a secretary who takes dictation--and a secret agent. <br />
<br />
'''lexical prodigy'''<br /><br />
A child who is exceptionally talented with words.<br />
<br />
'''avant-garde'''<br /><br />
Marked by unusual, cutting-edge artistic ideas.<br />
<br />
'''Der Spiegel'''<br /><br />
A German news-weekly magazine, known for investigative journalism<br />
<br />
'''papparazzo'''<br /><br />
a kind of photo-journalist who seeks out impromptu unauthorized shots of the rich and famous, frequently in search of scandal<br />
<br />
'''alpenstock'''<br /><br />
a metal-tipped staff used by mountaineers<br />
<br />
'''assignation'''<br /><br />
a meeting between lovers; tryst<br />
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==Page 32==<br />
<br />
'''"I want to tell you . . . My head is filled with things to say."'''<br /><br />
These are the first lines of the Beatles song "I Want to Tell You," written by George Harrison (1943-2001).<br />
<br />
'''"I don't mind . . . I could wait forever."'''<br /><br />
more lyrics from "I Want to Tell You," though not the very next ones<br />
<br />
'''Brandt'''<br /><br />
Another German name, most famously the nom de guerre of the future mayor of West Berlin and Kanzler of Germany, Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (1913-1922). <br />
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==Page 33==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''legation'''<br /><br />
a diplomatic office lower than an embassy<br />
<br />
'''Libertine Statue'''<br /><br />
I.e., the Statue of Liberty, though calling it this implies sexual promiscuity, even if she is wearing a diaper<br />
<br />
'''apposite'''<br /><br />
suitable or well adapted<br />
<br />
'''Rub' al Khali'''<br /><br />
Arabic for ''Empty Quarter,'' another name for the Arabian Desert.<br />
<br />
'''maxillofacial'''<br /><br />
pertaining to or affecting the jaws and face<br />
<br />
'''''Candida albacans'''''<br /><br />
the Latin name for a fungal infection that causes, among other disorders, thrush<br />
<br />
'''monilial'''<br /><br />
of or caused by fungus of the genus ''Monila''<br />
<br />
'''DeBakey'''<br /><br />
Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908-2008) is a world-famous heart surgeon.<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: according to the value<br />
<br />
'''nauseous'''<br /><br />
Correctly used here, this word means "tending to cause nausea." If one has nausea, they are "nauseated."<br />
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==Page 34==<br />
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'''Scottsdale'''<br /><br />
a suburb about 19 miles east-northeast of Phoenix<br />
<br />
'''sufism'''<br /><br />
a mystic strain of Islam<br />
<br />
'''Pir Valayat'''<br /><br />
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-2004) was a British-born Sufi.<br />
<br />
'''kif'''<br /><br />
Arabic for marijuana in leaf form, as opposed to hashish<br />
<br />
'''''shari'a-halal'''''<br /><br />
An Arabic term akin to the Jewish ''kosher,'' this means that food has been prepared in accordance with Islamic law.<br />
<br />
'''Back Bay Hilton'''<br /><br />
This is a real hotel, with a Web site [http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do here].<br />
<br />
'''nystatin'''<br /><br />
an anti-fungal drug<br />
<br />
'''stiptics'''<br /><br />
A styptic is a chemical that stops bleeding.<br />
<br />
==Page 35==<br />
<br />
'''necrosis'''<br /><br />
a term for death of bodily tissue<br />
<br />
==Page 36==<br />
<br />
'''triptych'''<br /><br />
a three-part art display<br />
<br />
'''O.N.A.N.M.A.'''<br /><br />
Organization of North American Nations Medical Assocation<br />
<br />
'''actinomycete-class antibiotics'''<br /><br />
antibiotics effective against Gram-positive bacteria called actinobacteria<br />
<br />
'''CBC/PATHÉ'''<br /><br />
CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Company. PATHÉ is probably the French entertainment company Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers).<br />
<br />
'''''Nass'''''<br /><br />
Arabic for "text"<br />
<br />
==Page 37==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''double dutch'''<br /><br />
a type of rope jumping where two ropes are used<br />
<br />
==Page 38==<br />
<br />
'''Brighton Projects'''<br /><br />
presumably high-rise, low-income housing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Boston,_Massachusetts Brighton]<br />
<br />
'''Shedd Spread'''<br /><br />
a brand of [http://www.countrycrock.com/products.asp margarine]<br />
<br />
'''wraithlike'''<br /><br />
A wraith is a type of ghost.<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
'''nocturnal emitter'''<br /><br />
a boy who has a wet dream<br />
<br />
'''anfractuous'''<br /><br />
full of twists and turns<br />
<br />
==Page 39==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 40==<br />
<br />
'''petulant'''<br /><br />
unreasonably irritable<br />
<br />
==Page 41==<br />
<br />
'''''Tosca'''''<br /><br />
The title of an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), which premiered in 1900.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''agoraphobic'''<br /><br />
suffering from an irrational fear of going outside<br />
<br />
'''portcullis'''<br /><br />
This is "a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
'''2010h. on 1 April'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has been watching for forty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 42==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 43==<br />
<br />
'''Ambush'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.100perfumes.com/forums/Perfume/m12442.htm real perfume]<br />
<br />
'''Home with the team'''<br /><br />
It's already been mentioned that Orin plays professional football. He must play for the Arizona Cardinals.<br />
<br />
==Page 44==<br />
<br />
'''''Blattaria implacblus'''''<br /><br />
''Blattaria'' is the order that contains the several genus and species of cockroaches. The Latin phrase really means "implacable cockroach."<br />
<br />
==Page 45==<br />
<br />
'''fantods'''<br /><br />
sudden outpourings of anger, outrage, or fear<br />
<br />
'''Chalmette'''<br /><br />
an eastern suburb of New Orleans<br />
<br />
==Page 46==<br />
<br />
'''kippers'''<br /><br />
cured herring<br />
<br />
'''Mrs. Avril M. T. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's mother is named for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''phylacteryish'''<br /><br />
Remove "-ish" and you have the English word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin tefillin].<br />
<br />
'''imprimatur'''<br /><br />
sanction or approval<br />
<br />
==Page 48==<br />
<br />
'''Positron-Emission Topography'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, this is "a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body."<br />
<br />
'''positrons'''<br /><br />
the sub-atomic particles that are the opposite of electrons<br />
<br />
'''Fritz Lang'''<br /><br />
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (1890-1976) was a Viennese-born Austrian-American director, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/ M].<br />
<br />
'''''Moment'' magazine'''<br /><br />
This is a Jewish-interest [http://www.momentmag.com/ magazine].<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
'''Pandora's box of worms'''<br /><br />
a mixed metaphor of "Pandora's box" and "can of worms," neither of which can be shut again once they're opened<br />
<br />
==Page 49==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''one-hitter'''<br /><br />
a small marijuana pipe that will provide one "hit" of marijuana per packing<br />
<br />
==Page 50==<br />
<br />
'''Partridge, KS'''<br /><br />
A town in Kansas about 55 miles north-northwest of Wichita<br />
<br />
'''Charles Tavis'''<br /><br />
I.e., C.T.<br />
<br />
'''gizzard'''<br /><br />
the digestive organ of a bird<br />
<br />
==Page 51==<br />
<br />
'''Bob Hope'''<br /><br />
Cockney rhyming slang for "dope"<br />
<br />
'''neo-Georgian'''<br /><br />
modern-day architecture that approximates that of the Georgian period, from 1714 (accession of George I of the U.K.) to 1830 (death of George III)<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_3|Endnote 3]]<br />
==Page 51 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''spherocubular'''<br /><br />
Another neologism, presumably meaning having characteristics of both a sphere and cube -- a three-dimension "squircle".<br />
<br />
'''Leith'''<br /><br />
A homonym of Lethe, the name of the river in Greek mythology whose water, if drunk, will erase one's memory.<br />
<br />
'''Dr. James O. Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's father's full name is given for the first time.<br />
<br />
==Page 52==<br />
<br />
'''dendriurethane'''<br /><br />
This substance does not actually exist. An educated guess is that it is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane polyurethane] that comes from trees, ''dendri'' being Greek for "tree."<br />
<br />
'''twenty meters'''<br /><br />
almost twenty-two yards<br />
<br />
'''unfenestrated'''<br /><br />
having no windows<br />
<br />
'''two meter'''<br /><br />
a little over 6.5 ft<br />
<br />
'''banshee'''<br /><br />
In Irish mythology, the banshee is female spirit, who acts as an omen of death. They are known for "keening," i.e., shrieking.<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe<br />
<br />
==Page 53==<br />
<br />
'''post-latency'''<br /><br />
after the latency period that Freud posited in his four-stage theory of psychosexual development in children<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5|Endnote 5]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_5a|Endnote 5a]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_6|Endnote 6]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_7|Endnote 7]]<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8|Endnote 8]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_8a|Endnote 8a]]<br />
<br />
'''mushrooms or X'''<br /><br />
psilocybin mushrooms or MDMA (called ecstasy)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Page 53 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Interdependent regions'''<br /><br />
I.e., Canada<br />
<br />
'''prorectors'''<br /><br />
members of a management body of a university, each managing his/her specific area<br />
<br />
'''the Show'''<br /><br />
professional tennis<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''Kodiak'''<br /><br />
a brand of chewing tobacco<br />
<br />
'''quail'''<br /><br />
to shrink back in fear<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''0020h'''<br /><br />
The medical attaché has now been watching for four hours and fifty-three minutes.<br />
<br />
==Page 54==<br />
<br />
'''filmic'''<br /><br />
having to do with motion pictures<br />
<br />
==Page 55==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_12a|Endnote 12a]]<br />
<br />
==Page 55 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''élan'''<br /><br />
enthusiastic vigor or liveliness<br />
<br />
'''Revere Holding'''<br /><br />
a jail, obviously -- probably the jail for Revere, Mass., just south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''P.D.'''<br /><br />
public defender<br />
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'''dictum'''<br /><br />
a maxim or saying<br />
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'''Marblehead'''<br /><br />
A town in Essex County, Mass., home to a yachting resort. It's about 15 miles northeast of the city on the water.<br />
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'''''International Affairs'' and ''Interdependent Affairs'''''<br /><br />
The first magazine is real; the second is not.<br />
<br />
'''teak chiffonier'''<br /><br />
a piece of furniture, one of which you can see [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=4xRrS2JB here]<br />
<br />
'''Berkshires'''<br /><br />
the westernmost portion of Massachusetts, a popular vacation spot<br />
<br />
'''van Dyke'''<br /><br />
a goatee<br />
<br />
'''apocopes'''<br /><br />
losses of syllables from words, particularly unstressed vowels<br />
<br />
'''Café au Lait'''<br /><br />
half coffee and half milk in a large cup, as drunk in France<br />
<br />
'''gangrenously tight'''<br /><br />
I.e., so tight as to cause gangrene, i.e., death of tissue due to lack of blood<br />
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'''grippe'''<br /><br />
flu<br />
<br />
'''pre-British-takeover Québecois'''<br /><br />
The British took over Quebec on September 8, 1760.<br />
<br />
'''grackles'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine passernine] birds native to North America<br />
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'''intercostal'''<br /><br />
pertaining to the ribs or the muscles around them<br />
<br />
'''Montreal Tulip Fest'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tulip_Festival Canadian Tulip Festival] actually takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, which border each other.<br />
<br />
'''Guillaume DuPlessis'''<br /><br />
A man by this name was one of the first French Calvinist settlers on the island of St. Kitts in the 17th century.<br />
<br />
'''250 clicks due east'''<br /><br />
Clicks are kilometers. Two hundred fifty km is about 155 miles.<br />
<br />
'''lividity'''<br /><br />
the change of color in skin brought on by livor mortis, an after-death phenomenon when blood settles in the body at low points of gravity<br />
<br />
'''comme-il-faut'''<br /><br />
French: As is necessary<br />
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'''932/1864'''<br /><br />
I don't know what the numbers mean, but the first is half of the second.<br />
<br />
'''R.I.S.C.'''<br /><br />
reduced instruction set computer, i.e., a computer that takes a limited set of commands<br />
<br />
'''Primestar'''<br /><br />
a direct broadcast satellite network active in the 1990s<br />
<br />
'''D.S.S.'''<br /><br />
digital satellite system<br />
<br />
'''pixel-free'''<br /><br />
smooth and not pixelated<br />
<br />
'''baud'''<br /><br />
a unit equal to bits per second; a baud rate is the number of bits per second a modem can send/receive<br />
<br />
'''''couture'''''<br /><br />
French for "fashion"<br />
<br />
'''nanoprocessors'''<br /><br />
very small processors -- smaller than microprocessors<br />
<br />
'''chromotography'''<br /><br />
Here misspelled, chromatography is "any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that rely on the differential affinities of substances for a gas or liquid mobile medium and for a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass, such as paper, gelatin, or magnesia" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').<br />
<br />
'''carpal neuralgia'''<br /><br />
nerve pain in the bones of the hand<br />
<br />
'''phosphenic migraine'''<br /><br />
the phenomenon of seeing lights accompanying a migraine<br />
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'''gluteal hyperadiposity'''<br /><br />
fat in the buttocks<br />
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'''lumbar stressae'''<br /><br />
back stress<br />
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'''Jim Troeltsch'''<br /><br />
The most famous person with this surname is [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_705_troeltsch.htm Ernst Troeltsch] (1865-1923), a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion and history. <br />
<br />
'''Narberth PA'''<br /><br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, on the famous Main Line from Philadelphia to Lancaster<br />
<br />
'''meatus'''<br /><br />
a natural bodily opening<br />
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'''OTC'''<br /><br />
over the counter<br />
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'''expectorants'''<br /><br />
drugs that induce phlegm-producing coughing<br />
<br />
'''pertussives'''<br /><br />
cough suppressants<br />
<br />
'''megaspansules'''<br /><br />
a combination of mega + span + capsule, these would be large, time-released capsules<br />
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'''mucoid dessicators'''<br /><br />
drugs that dry up phlegm<br />
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'''Rader'''<br /><br />
If the name is pronounced with a "long a," as in the Oakland football team, a famous person with this last name was Erich Johann Albert Raeder (1876-1960), a World War II-era German grand admiral, sentenced to life at Nuremberg but served only nine years.<br />
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'''nebulizer'''<br /><br />
something that turns a liquid into a spray<br />
<br />
'''fugue-state'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, a fugue state is "a state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality."<br />
<br />
'''prolix'''<br /><br />
extended to a great, unneedy length<br />
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'''rhinoviri'''<br /><br />
Wallace's plural for rhinovirus, one of dozens of variations of the virus that causes the common cold, also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus rhinoviruses]<br />
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'''mucosa'''<br /><br />
An absorptive/secretive tissue layer in the body; here, in Troeltsch's throat or nose<br />
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'''matte'''<br /><br />
as an adjective, having a dull or lusterless finish<br />
<br />
'''snuff-white'''<br /><br />
Snuff is grayish to yellowish brown in color; snuff-white must be that color, but lighter.<br />
<br />
'''reglets'''<br /><br />
narrow, flat moldings<br />
<br />
'''rheostats'''<br /><br />
continuously variable electronic resistors<br />
<br />
'''shank'''<br /><br />
part of the leg between the knee and ankle<br />
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'''As of [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]'''<br /><br />
Which is to say, as of 2009<br />
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'''pre-Method actor'''<br /><br />
He was an actor before the dawn of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting the Method].<br />
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'''dipsomaniacal'''<br /><br />
Characterized by an uncontrollable urge to consume alcohol, describing James O. Incandenza's father<br />
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'''depose'''<br /><br />
ask questions of someone while under oath<br />
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'''''A.T.E.'''''<br /><br />
Hal is wearing his jacket inside out.<br />
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'''post-Marxist'''<br /><br />
an adherent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Marxism school of thought] that encompasses the arts as well as politics<br />
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'''co-op'''<br /><br />
a co-operative, i.e., an apartment building that is jointly owned by the tenants<br />
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'''''V'' or ''VI'''''<br /><br />
The filmography of Incandenza presented in an earlier (lengthy) endnote would seem to indicate that there were only five versions of the film, although the fifth version was apparently reviewed, which would mean that the "entertainment" so desperately sought is actually a sixth version.<br />
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'''instantiation'''<br /><br />
a representation of an idea, here visual<br />
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'''anamorphosized'''<br /><br />
changed from one form to another as a step in evolution<br />
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'''heuristic'''<br /><br />
serving to indicate or point out<br />
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'''Rube-Goldbergesque'''<br /><br />
Reuben Garret Lucius "Rube" Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Jewish-American cartoonist, famous for drawing incredibly complicated devices used to perform simple tasks.<br />
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'''parturient'''<br /><br />
about to give birth<br />
<br />
'''synecdoche'''<br /><br />
This complicated figure of speech is explained [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche here].<br />
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'''venery'''<br /><br />
the gratification of sexual desire<br />
<br />
'''keel'''<br /><br />
This word denotes "the principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language''). Here it is used in the sense of "on an even keel," i.e., sane.<br />
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'''interrment'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of interment, i.e., burial<br />
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'''thanatoptic'''<br /><br />
regarding a vision of death<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
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'''''felo de self'''''<br /><br />
a misspeaking of ''felo de se''<br />
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'''olla podrida'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olla_podrida stew] popular in Spain<br />
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'''cerise'''<br /><br />
a vivid purplish red<br />
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'''malcathected'''<br /><br />
attached to emotionally in a negative way<br />
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'''''Liebestod'''''<br /><br />
German: love of death<br />
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'''antinomically'''<br /><br />
in a manner suggesting opposition of laws<br />
<br />
'''Gilles Deleuze'''<br /><br />
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was a French philosopher.<br />
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'''''Incest and the Life of Death in Capitalist Entertainment'''''<br /><br />
There is no such title.<br />
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'''malefic'''<br /><br />
having a bad influence<br />
<br />
'''menses'''<br /><br />
menstruation<br />
<br />
'''Pap smears'''<br /><br />
screenings for female reproductive cancers, named for Georgios N. Papanikolaou (1883-1962), a Greek oncologist<br />
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'''''Putti'''''<br /><br />
Italian: statues of human babies<br />
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'''tines'''<br /><br />
prongs of a fork<br />
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'''beau'''<br /><br />
boyfriend<br />
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'''bell-jar'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_jar laboratory glassware] -- also the title of a novel by Sylvia Plath<br />
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'''itinerant'''<br /><br />
traveling from place to place<br />
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'''pointers'''<br /><br />
A pointer is a breed of hunting dog<br />
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'''Lucille Duquette'''<br /><br />
Molly is lying about Joelle's real name, but this name means something like "Light of the Collection."<br />
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'''exurbs'''<br /><br />
towns too far away from cities to be called "suburbs" but not far enough to be rural<br />
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'''Nantucket'''<br /><br />
an island of Massachusetts about 30 miles south of Cape Cod<br />
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'''Route 27'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from Route 106 in Kingston to Route 4 in Chelsmfold<br />
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'''condonation'''<br /><br />
overlooking of an offense<br />
<br />
'''Abandoned All Hope'''<br /><br />
In Dante's ''Inferno'', the sign above Hell reads, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."<br />
<br />
'''shunpike'''<br /><br />
a side road to avoid taking a turnpike<br />
<br />
'''Rte. 9'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from US-20 in Pittsfield (western Massachusetts) to Route 28 in Boston<br />
<br />
'''I-90'''<br /><br />
an interstate running from Seattle to Boston<br />
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'''NPR'''<br /><br />
National Public Radio<br />
<br />
'''George Will'''<br /><br />
George Frederick Will (born 1941) is a conservative American columnist. wallace implies that he has had his voicebox removed and now speaks with a prosthetic voicebox.<br />
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'''Cleveland Circle'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Boston<br />
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'''Æolic'''<br /><br />
an ancient Greek dialect spoken between 800 and 300 BC<br />
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'''Thynne'''<br /><br />
This is probably a reference to Francis Thynne (1544-1608), an English administrator at the College of Arms in London.<br />
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'''taproot'''<br /><br />
something that provides a central source for growth<br />
<br />
'''Cynewulf'''<br /><br />
probably a reference to the Anglo-Saxon poet by that name<br />
<br />
'''penumbra'''<br /><br />
a shadowy, gray area<br />
<br />
'''gneiss'''<br /><br />
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gneiss metamorphic rock]<br />
<br />
'''Quabbin'''<br /><br />
the name of a reservoir in Massachusetts<br />
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'''Burma-Shave'''<br /><br />
an old brand of shaving cream that advertised with consecutive road signs that rhymed<br />
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'''Lombardy'''<br /><br />
a region of northern Italy with its capital at Milan<br />
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'''quoins'''<br /><br />
cornerstones<br />
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'''deignition'''<br /><br />
shutting down of an engine<br />
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'''lintel'''<br /><br />
a horizontal piece of architecture supporting the weight above a window or door<br />
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'''puce'''<br /><br />
dark or brownish purple<br />
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''''Seated Harlequin''''<br /><br />
You can see this painting [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso255.html here].<br />
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'''Rubikular'''<br /><br />
referring to [http://www.rubiks.com/ Rubik's cube]<br />
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'''scrip'''<br /><br />
paper money<br />
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'''São Paulo'''<br /><br />
the capital of Brazil<br />
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'''altruistic'''<br /><br />
tending to do good things for their own sakes<br />
<br />
'''"...the color of Thousand Island dressing..."'''<br /><br />
sort of light orange<br />
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'''bereft'''<br /><br />
deprived, especially by a death<br />
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'''diglobular'''<br /><br />
consisting of two lumps of fat<br />
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'''treacly'''<br /><br />
Sentimental; too sweet. <br />
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'''apneated''' <br /><br />
As if punctuated by temporary cessations of breathing. <br />
<br />
'''Philip Glass'''<br /><br />
Philip Glass (born 1937) is an American music composer and pianist. His music is repetitive and minimal.<br />
<br />
'''quaaludes'''<br /><br />
Methaqualone. A sedative often used recreationally.<br />
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'''inguinal'''<br /><br />
situated in the groin<br />
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'''lachrymucus'''<br /><br />
mucus flowing as a result of crying<br />
<br />
'''obliquest''' <br /> <br />
Most oblique; slanted. <br />
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'''Dedham'''<br /><br />
a town in Massachusetts about 12 miles southwest of Boston<br />
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'''Wharton'''<br /><br />
The business school at the Ivy-League University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Generally believed to be the most prestigious undergraduate business school in the world. Also highly regarded at post-graduate levels. <br />
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'''sudoriferous'''<br /><br />
sweaty<br />
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'''Humboldt County'''<br /><br />
probably the county in far-north California. <br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland]]<br />
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'''"mercantile counterpart at the Rolling Hills Academy"'''<br /> <br />
A student at Rolling Hills who fulfills at his school much the same role that Pemulis fulfills at E.T.A. <br />
<br />
'''Delta-9'''<br /><br />
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. The main psychoactive substance found in marijuana. <br />
<br />
'''MBRO'''<br /> <br />
Acronym for "Metro-Boston Recovery Options"<br />
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''pathos''' <br /><br />
A quality that evokes pity.<br />
<br />
'''pizzicato'''<br /><br />
the musical effect of the plucking of strings on a classical instrument<br />
<br />
'''civety'''<br /><br />
A civet is a small carnivorous mammal that emits a strange smell.<br />
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'''fenestration'''<br /> <br />
The arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of a building.<br />
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'''dandling'''<br /> <br />
Move a baby up and down in a playful manner.<br />
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<br />
'''Fred MacMurray'''<br /><br />
Fredrick Martin MacMurray (1908-1991) was an American actor who starred as a father in the television show [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053525/ My Three Sons]<br />
<br />
'''''in loco parentis'''''<br /><br />
Latin: in the place of parents<br />
<br />
'''swart'''<br /> <br />
Swarthy. <br />
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'''widow's peak'''<br /><br />
a hairline that comes to a point in the center of the forehead<br />
<br />
'''Ruminative'''<br /><br />
In the manner of thinking deeply about something. <br />
<br />
'''narcosis'''<br /><br />
A stupor generally caused by drugs. <br />
<br />
'''Addis Ababa'''<br /><br />
the capital of Ethiopia<br />
<br />
'''American Falls'''<br /><br />
the American part of Niagara Falls<br />
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'''Keens'''<br /><br />
Wails. <br />
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'''imperial'''<br /><br />
A small pointed beard beneath the lower lip. Associated with Napoleon III. <br />
<br />
'''vivisecting'''<br /><br />
Performing an operation on a living animal for research. <br />
<br />
'''timpani'''<br /><br />
Large drums used in orchestras.<br />
<br />
'''Cornet'''<br /><br />
A brass instrument that looks much like a trumpet. <br />
<br />
'''Appian Way'''<br /><br />
an ancient [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Roman road]<br />
<br />
'''cannoli'''<br /><br />
an Italian pastry stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese<br />
<br />
'''Ascension Island''' <br /><br />
A volcanic island off the coast of Africa. <br />
<br />
'''South Atlantic''' <br /><br />
South Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is bounded by the east coasts of the Americas and the west coasts of Eurasia and Africa. The area of the Ocean below the equator is referred to as the South Atlantic Ocean. <br />
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''''I Don't Know (How to Love Him)''''<br /><br />
a song from the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', sung by the character of Mary Magdalene<br />
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'''"tornadic gale"''' <br /><br />
Tornado-strength wind.<br />
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'''Azores'''<br /><br />
A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal. <br />
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'''cytological'''<br /><br />
like microscopic cells<br />
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'''plume''' <br /><br />
Here, a stream of water resembling a feather. <br />
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ask questions of someone while under oath<br />
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'''''A.T.E.'''''<br /><br />
Hal is wearing his jacket inside out.<br />
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'''post-Marxist'''<br /><br />
an adherent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Marxism school of thought] that encompasses the arts as well as politics<br />
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'''co-op'''<br /><br />
a co-operative, i.e., an apartment building that is jointly owned by the tenants<br />
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'''''V'' or ''VI'''''<br /><br />
The filmography of Incandenza presented in an earlier (lengthy) endnote would seem to indicate that there were only five versions of the film, although the fifth version was apparently reviewed, which would mean that the "entertainment" so desperately sought is actually a sixth version.<br />
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'''instantiation'''<br /><br />
a representation of an idea, here visual<br />
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'''anamorphosized'''<br /><br />
changed from one form to another as a step in evolution<br />
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'''heuristic'''<br /><br />
serving to indicate or point out<br />
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'''Rube-Goldbergesque'''<br /><br />
Reuben Garret Lucius "Rube" Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Jewish-American cartoonist, famous for drawing incredibly complicated devices used to perform simple tasks.<br />
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'''parturient'''<br /><br />
about to give birth<br />
<br />
'''synecdoche'''<br /><br />
This complicated figure of speech is explained [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche here].<br />
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'''venery'''<br /><br />
the gratification of sexual desire<br />
<br />
'''keel'''<br /><br />
This word denotes "the principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language''). Here it is used in the sense of "on an even keel," i.e., sane.<br />
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'''interrment'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of interment, i.e., burial<br />
<br />
'''thanatoptic'''<br /><br />
regarding a vision of death<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''''felo de self'''''<br /><br />
a misspeaking of ''felo de se''<br />
<br />
==Page 791==<br />
<br />
'''olla podrida'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olla_podrida stew] popular in Spain<br />
<br />
'''cerise'''<br /><br />
a vivid purplish red<br />
<br />
'''malcathected'''<br /><br />
attached to emotionally in a negative way<br />
<br />
==Page 792==<br />
<br />
'''''Liebestod'''''<br /><br />
German: love of death<br />
<br />
'''antinomically'''<br /><br />
in a manner suggesting opposition of laws<br />
<br />
'''Gilles Deleuze'''<br /><br />
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was a French philosopher.<br />
<br />
'''''Incest and the Life of Death in Capitalist Entertainment'''''<br /><br />
There is no such title.<br />
<br />
'''malefic'''<br /><br />
having a bad influence<br />
<br />
'''menses'''<br /><br />
menstruation<br />
<br />
'''Pap smears'''<br /><br />
screenings for female reproductive cancers, named for Georgios N. Papanikolaou (1883-1962), a Greek oncologist<br />
<br />
'''''Putti'''''<br /><br />
Italian: statues of human babies<br />
<br />
==Page 793==<br />
<br />
'''tines'''<br /><br />
prongs of a fork<br />
<br />
'''beau'''<br /><br />
boyfriend<br />
<br />
==Page 794==<br />
<br />
'''bell-jar'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_jar laboratory glassware] -- also the title of a novel by Sylvia Plath<br />
<br />
'''itinerant'''<br /><br />
traveling from place to place<br />
<br />
'''pointers'''<br /><br />
A pointer is a breed of hunting dog<br />
<br />
==Page 795==<br />
<br />
'''Lucille Duquette'''<br /><br />
Molly is lying about Joelle's real name, but this name means something like "Light of the Collection."<br />
<br />
<span class="marker">795 (1) · Endnote 332</span><br />
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==Page 795==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_332|Endnote 332]]<br />
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==Endnote 333==<br />
<br />
'''exurbs'''<br /><br />
towns too far away from cities to be called "suburbs" but not far enough to be rural<br />
<br />
'''Nantucket'''<br /><br />
an island of Massachusetts about 30 miles south of Cape Cod<br />
<br />
==Page 795 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Route 27'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from Route 106 in Kingston to Route 4 in Chelsmfold<br />
<br />
==Page 796==<br />
<br />
'''condonation'''<br /><br />
overlooking of an offense<br />
<br />
'''Abandoned All Hope'''<br /><br />
In Dante's ''Inferno'', the sign above Hell reads, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."<br />
<br />
'''shunpike'''<br /><br />
a side road to avoid taking a turnpike<br />
<br />
'''Rte. 9'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from US-20 in Pittsfield (western Massachusetts) to Route 28 in Boston<br />
<br />
'''I-90'''<br /><br />
an interstate running from Seattle to Boston<br />
<br />
'''NPR'''<br /><br />
National Public Radio<br />
<br />
'''George Will'''<br /><br />
George Frederick Will (born 1941) is a conservative American columnist. wallace implies that he has had his voicebox removed and now speaks with a prosthetic voicebox.<br />
<br />
'''Cleveland Circle'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Boston<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''Æolic'''<br /><br />
an ancient Greek dialect spoken between 800 and 300 BC<br />
<br />
'''Thynne'''<br /><br />
This is probably a reference to Francis Thynne (1544-1608), an English administrator at the College of Arms in London.<br />
<br />
'''taproot'''<br /><br />
something that provides a central source for growth<br />
<br />
'''Cynewulf'''<br /><br />
probably a reference to the Anglo-Saxon poet by that name<br />
<br />
'''penumbra'''<br /><br />
a shadowy, gray area<br />
<br />
'''gneiss'''<br /><br />
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gneiss metamorphic rock]<br />
<br />
'''Quabbin'''<br /><br />
the name of a reservoir in Massachusetts<br />
<br />
'''Burma-Shave'''<br /><br />
an old brand of shaving cream that advertised with consecutive road signs that rhymed<br />
<br />
'''Lombardy'''<br /><br />
a region of northern Italy with its capital at Milan<br />
<br />
'''quoins'''<br /><br />
cornerstones<br />
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<br />
'''deignition'''<br /><br />
shutting down of an engine<br />
<br />
'''lintel'''<br /><br />
a horizontal piece of architecture supporting the weight above a window or door<br />
<br />
'''puce'''<br /><br />
dark or brownish purple<br />
<br />
''''Seated Harlequin''''<br /><br />
You can see this painting [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso255.html here].<br />
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==Page 799==<br />
<br />
'''Rubikular'''<br /><br />
referring to [http://www.rubiks.com/ Rubik's cube]<br />
<br />
'''scrip'''<br /><br />
paper money<br />
<br />
'''São Paulo'''<br /><br />
the capital of Brazil<br />
<br />
'''altruistic'''<br /><br />
tending to do good things for their own sakes<br />
<br />
'''"...the color of Thousand Island dressing..."'''<br /><br />
sort of light orange<br />
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'''bereft'''<br /><br />
deprived, especially by a death<br />
<br />
==Page 801==<br />
<br />
'''diglobular'''<br /><br />
consisting of two lumps of fat<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''treacly'''<br /><br />
Sentimental; too sweet. <br />
<br />
'''apneated''' <br /><br />
As if punctuated by temporary cessations of breathing. <br />
<br />
'''Philip Glass'''<br /><br />
Philip Glass (born 1937) is an American music composer and pianist. His music is repetitive and minimal.<br />
<br />
'''quaaludes'''<br /><br />
Methaqualone. A sedative often used recreationally.<br />
<br />
==Page 803==<br />
<br />
'''inguinal'''<br /><br />
situated in the groin<br />
<br />
'''lachrymucus'''<br /><br />
mucus flowing as a result of crying<br />
<br />
'''obliquest''' <br /> <br />
Most oblique; slanted. <br />
<br />
'''Dedham'''<br /><br />
a town in Massachusetts about 12 miles southwest of Boston<br />
<br />
'''Wharton'''<br /><br />
The business school at the Ivy-League University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Generally believed to be the most prestigious undergraduate business school in the world. Also highly regarded at post-graduate levels. <br />
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==Endnote 336==<br />
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'''sudoriferous'''<br /><br />
sweaty<br />
<br />
==Page 804==<br />
<br />
'''Humboldt County'''<br /><br />
probably the county in far-north California. <br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
'''"mercantile counterpart at the Rolling Hills Academy"'''<br /> <br />
A student at Rolling Hills who fulfills at his school much the same role that Pemulis fulfills at E.T.A. <br />
<br />
'''Delta-9'''<br /><br />
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. The main psychoactive substance found in marijuana. <br />
<br />
'''MBRO'''<br /> <br />
Acronym for "Metro-Boston Recovery Options"<br />
<br />
''pathos''' <br /><br />
A quality that evokes pity.<br />
<br />
'''pizzicato'''<br /><br />
the musical effect of the plucking of strings on a classical instrument<br />
<br />
'''civety'''<br /><br />
A civet is a small carnivorous mammal that emits a strange smell.<br />
<br />
'''fenestration'''<br /> <br />
The arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of a building.<br />
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<br />
'''dandling'''<br /> <br />
Move a baby up and down in a playful manner.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Fred MacMurray'''<br /><br />
Fredrick Martin MacMurray (1908-1991) was an American actor who starred as a father in the television show [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053525/ My Three Sons]<br />
<br />
'''''in loco parentis'''''<br /><br />
Latin: in the place of parents<br />
<br />
'''swart'''<br /> <br />
Swarthy. <br />
<br />
==Page 806==<br />
<br />
'''widow's peak'''<br /><br />
a hairline that comes to a point in the center of the forehead<br />
<br />
'''Ruminative'''<br /><br />
In the manner of thinking deeply about something. <br />
<br />
'''narcosis'''<br /><br />
A stupor generally caused by drugs. <br />
<br />
'''Addis Ababa'''<br /><br />
the capital of Ethiopia<br />
<br />
'''American Falls'''<br /><br />
the American part of Niagara Falls<br />
<br />
==Page 807==<br />
<br />
'''Keens'''<br /><br />
Wails. <br />
<br />
'''imperial'''<br /><br />
A small pointed beard beneath the lower lip. Associated with Napoleon III. <br />
<br />
'''vivisecting'''<br /><br />
Performing an operation on a living animal for research. <br />
<br />
'''timpani'''<br /><br />
Large drums used in orchestras.<br />
<br />
'''Coronet'''<br /><br />
A horn. <br />
<br />
'''Appian Way'''<br /><br />
an ancient [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Roman road]<br />
<br />
'''cannoli'''<br /><br />
an Italian pastry stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese<br />
<br />
'''Ascension Island''' <br /><br />
A volcanic island off the coast of Africa. <br />
<br />
==Page 808==<br />
<br />
''''I Don't Know (How to Love Him)''''<br /><br />
a song from the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', sung by the character of Mary Magdalene<br />
<br />
'''"tornadic gale"''' <br /><br />
Tornado-strength wind.<br />
<br />
'''Azores'''<br /><br />
A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal. <br />
<br />
'''cytological'''<br /><br />
like microscopic cells<br />
<br />
'''plume''' <br /><br />
Here, a stream of water resembling a feather. <br />
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==Page 785==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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==Page 786==<br />
<br />
'''depose'''<br /><br />
ask questions of someone while under oath<br />
<br />
'''''A.T.E.'''''<br /><br />
Hal is wearing his jacket inside out.<br />
<br />
==Page 787==<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_324|Endnote 324]]<br />
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<span class="marker">787 (2) · The Molly Notkin Interview</span><br />
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==Page 787==<br />
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'''post-Marxist'''<br /><br />
an adherent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Marxism school of thought] that encompasses the arts as well as politics<br />
<br />
==Page 788==<br />
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'''co-op'''<br /><br />
a co-operative, i.e., an apartment building that is jointly owned by the tenants<br />
<br />
'''''V'' or ''VI'''''<br /><br />
The filmography of Incandenza presented in an earlier (lengthy) endnote would seem to indicate that there were only five versions of the film, although the fifth version was apparently reviewed, which would mean that the "entertainment" so desperately sought is actually a sixth version.<br />
<br />
'''instantiation'''<br /><br />
a representation of an idea, here visual<br />
<br />
'''anamorphosized'''<br /><br />
changed from one form to another as a step in evolution<br />
<br />
==Endnote 329==<br />
<br />
'''heuristic'''<br /><br />
serving to indicate or point out<br />
<br />
==Page 788 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]<br />
<br />
'''Rube-Goldbergesque'''<br /><br />
Reuben Garret Lucius "Rube" Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Jewish-American cartoonist, famous for drawing incredibly complicated devices used to perform simple tasks.<br />
<br />
==Page 789==<br />
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'''parturient'''<br /><br />
about to give birth<br />
<br />
'''synecdoche'''<br /><br />
This complicated figure of speech is explained [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche here].<br />
<br />
'''venery'''<br /><br />
the gratification of sexual desire<br />
<br />
'''keel'''<br /><br />
This word denotes "the principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language''). Here it is used in the sense of "on an even keel," i.e., sane.<br />
<br />
==Page 790==<br />
<br />
'''interrment'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of interment, i.e., burial<br />
<br />
'''thanatoptic'''<br /><br />
regarding a vision of death<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar]]<br />
<br />
'''''felo de self'''''<br /><br />
a misspeaking of ''felo de se''<br />
<br />
==Page 791==<br />
<br />
'''olla podrida'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olla_podrida stew] popular in Spain<br />
<br />
'''cerise'''<br /><br />
a vivid purplish red<br />
<br />
'''malcathected'''<br /><br />
attached to emotionally in a negative way<br />
<br />
==Page 792==<br />
<br />
'''''Liebestod'''''<br /><br />
German: love of death<br />
<br />
'''antinomically'''<br /><br />
in a manner suggesting opposition of laws<br />
<br />
'''Gilles Deleuze'''<br /><br />
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was a French philosopher.<br />
<br />
'''''Incest and the Life of Death in Capitalist Entertainment'''''<br /><br />
There is no such title.<br />
<br />
'''malefic'''<br /><br />
having a bad influence<br />
<br />
'''menses'''<br /><br />
menstruation<br />
<br />
'''Pap smears'''<br /><br />
screenings for female reproductive cancers, named for Georgios N. Papanikolaou (1883-1962), a Greek oncologist<br />
<br />
'''''Putti'''''<br /><br />
Italian: statues of human babies<br />
<br />
==Page 793==<br />
<br />
'''tines'''<br /><br />
prongs of a fork<br />
<br />
'''beau'''<br /><br />
boyfriend<br />
<br />
==Page 794==<br />
<br />
'''bell-jar'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_jar laboratory glassware] -- also the title of a novel by Sylvia Plath<br />
<br />
'''itinerant'''<br /><br />
traveling from place to place<br />
<br />
'''pointers'''<br /><br />
A pointer is a breed of hunting dog<br />
<br />
==Page 795==<br />
<br />
'''Lucille Duquette'''<br /><br />
Molly is lying about Joelle's real name, but this name means something like "Light of the Collection."<br />
<br />
<span class="marker">795 (1) · Endnote 332</span><br />
<br />
==Page 795==<br />
<br />
[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_332|Endnote 332]]<br />
<br />
<span class="marker">795 (2) · Hal's First Meeting</span><br />
<br />
==Page 795==<br />
<br />
==Endnote 333==<br />
<br />
'''exurbs'''<br /><br />
towns too far away from cities to be called "suburbs" but not far enough to be rural<br />
<br />
'''Nantucket'''<br /><br />
an island of Massachusetts about 30 miles south of Cape Cod<br />
<br />
==Page 795 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Route 27'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from Route 106 in Kingston to Route 4 in Chelsmfold<br />
<br />
==Page 796==<br />
<br />
'''condonation'''<br /><br />
overlooking of an offense<br />
<br />
'''Abandoned All Hope'''<br /><br />
In Dante's ''Inferno'', the sign above Hell reads, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."<br />
<br />
'''shunpike'''<br /><br />
a side road to avoid taking a turnpike<br />
<br />
'''Rte. 9'''<br /><br />
a Massachusetts highway running from US-20 in Pittsfield (western Massachusetts) to Route 28 in Boston<br />
<br />
'''I-90'''<br /><br />
an interstate running from Seattle to Boston<br />
<br />
'''NPR'''<br /><br />
National Public Radio<br />
<br />
'''George Will'''<br /><br />
George Frederick Will (born 1941) is a conservative American columnist. wallace implies that he has had his voicebox removed and now speaks with a prosthetic voicebox.<br />
<br />
'''Cleveland Circle'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Boston<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''Æolic'''<br /><br />
an ancient Greek dialect spoken between 800 and 300 BC<br />
<br />
'''Thynne'''<br /><br />
This is probably a reference to Francis Thynne (1544-1608), an English administrator at the College of Arms in London.<br />
<br />
'''taproot'''<br /><br />
something that provides a central source for growth<br />
<br />
'''Cynewulf'''<br /><br />
probably a reference to the Anglo-Saxon poet by that name<br />
<br />
'''penumbra'''<br /><br />
a shadowy, gray area<br />
<br />
'''gneiss'''<br /><br />
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gneiss metamorphic rock]<br />
<br />
'''Quabbin'''<br /><br />
the name of a reservoir in Massachusetts<br />
<br />
'''Burma-Shave'''<br /><br />
an old brand of shaving cream that advertised with consecutive road signs that rhymed<br />
<br />
'''Lombardy'''<br /><br />
a region of northern Italy with its capital at Milan<br />
<br />
'''quoins'''<br /><br />
cornerstones<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''deignition'''<br /><br />
shutting down of an engine<br />
<br />
'''lintel'''<br /><br />
a horizontal piece of architecture supporting the weight above a window or door<br />
<br />
'''puce'''<br /><br />
dark or brownish purple<br />
<br />
''''Seated Harlequin''''<br /><br />
You can see this painting [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso255.html here].<br />
<br />
==Page 799==<br />
<br />
'''Rubikular'''<br /><br />
referring to [http://www.rubiks.com/ Rubik's cube]<br />
<br />
'''scrip'''<br /><br />
paper money<br />
<br />
'''São Paulo'''<br /><br />
the capital of Brazil<br />
<br />
'''altruistic'''<br /><br />
tending to do good things for their own sakes<br />
<br />
'''"...the color of Thousand Island dressing..."'''<br /><br />
sort of light orange<br />
<br />
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'''bereft'''<br /><br />
deprived, especially by a death<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''diglobular'''<br /><br />
consisting of two lumps of fat<br />
<br />
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<br />
'''treacly'''<br /><br />
Sentimental; too sweet. <br />
<br />
'''apneated''' <br /><br />
As if punctuated by temporary cessations of breathing. <br />
<br />
'''Philip Glass'''<br /><br />
Philip Glass (born 1937) is an American music composer and pianist. His music is repetitive and minimal.<br />
<br />
'''quaaludes'''<br /><br />
Methaqualone. A sedative often used recreationally.<br />
<br />
==Page 803==<br />
<br />
'''inguinal'''<br /><br />
situated in the groin<br />
<br />
'''lachrymucus'''<br /><br />
mucus flowing as a result of crying<br />
<br />
'''obliquest''' <br /> <br />
Most oblique; slanted. <br />
<br />
'''Dedham'''<br /><br />
a town in Massachusetts about 12 miles southwest of Boston<br />
<br />
'''Wharton'''<br /><br />
The business school at the Ivy-League University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Generally believed to be the most prestigious undergraduate business school in the world. Also highly regarded at post-graduate levels. <br />
<br />
==Endnote 336==<br />
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'''sudoriferous'''<br /><br />
sweaty<br />
<br />
==Page 804==<br />
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'''Humboldt County'''<br /><br />
probably the county in far-north California<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland]]<br />
<br />
'''pizzicato'''<br /><br />
the musical effect of the plucking of strings on a classical instrument<br />
<br />
'''civety'''<br /><br />
A civet is a small carnivorous mammal that emits a strange smell.<br />
<br />
==Page 805==<br />
<br />
'''Fred MacMurray'''<br /><br />
Fredrick Martin MacMurray (1908-1991) was an American actor who starred as a father in the television show [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053525/ My Three Sons]<br />
<br />
'''''in loco parentis'''''<br /><br />
Latin: in the place of parents<br />
<br />
==Page 806==<br />
<br />
'''widow's peak'''<br /><br />
a hairline that comes to a point in the center of the forehead<br />
<br />
'''narcosis'''<br /><br />
tendency to cause sleep<br />
<br />
'''Addis Ababa'''<br /><br />
the capital of Ethiopia<br />
<br />
'''American Falls'''<br /><br />
the American part of Niagara Falls<br />
<br />
==Page 807==<br />
<br />
'''imperial'''<br /><br />
a small pointed beard beneath the lower lip<br />
<br />
'''vivisecting'''<br /><br />
cutting up while still alive<br />
<br />
'''timpani'''<br /><br />
large drums used in orchestras<br />
<br />
'''Appian Way'''<br /><br />
an ancient [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way Roman road]<br />
<br />
'''cannoli'''<br /><br />
an Italian pastry stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese<br />
<br />
==Page 808==<br />
<br />
''''I Don't Know (How to Love Him)''''<br /><br />
a song from the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', sung by the character of Mary Magdalene<br />
<br />
'''cytological'''<br /><br />
like microscopic cells<br />
<br />
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==Page 755==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
==Page 756==<br />
<br />
'''Felicity Zweig'''<br /><br />
"Felicity" means happiness, while ''Zweig'' is German for "stick" or "branch."<br />
<br />
==Page 757==<br />
<br />
'''Gilbert Treffert'''<br /><br />
still not a real player<br />
<br />
==Page 758==<br />
<br />
==Page 759==<br />
<br />
'''Gilbert Treffert'''<br /><br />
still not a real player<br />
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==Endnote 316==<br />
<br />
'''Opheliac'''<br /><br />
resembling Hamlet's girlfriend — see ''Hamlet'' IV.v<br />
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==Page 760==<br />
<br />
'''Montague Semantics'''<br /><br />
This is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_grammar natural language semantics].<br />
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==Endnote 317==<br />
<br />
'''wildly expensive hdcover'''<br /><br />
It's a real book and the hardcover goes for $105.85. It has been issued in softcover for $29. The publication information is either wrong or varies.<br />
<br />
'''Plc'''<br /><br />
public limited company<br />
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==Page 760 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''ten meters'''<br /><br />
about 32.8 feet<br />
<br />
'''plastron'''<br /><br />
1. The starched front of a shirt. <br />
<br />
2. A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest. <br />
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3. The part of a tortoise's shell that covers the underside. <br />
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==Page 761==<br />
<br />
'''cowlick'''<br /><br />
a patch of hair standing on end<br />
<br />
'''pennon'''<br /><br />
a pennant or flag or banner<br />
<br />
'''Peripatetic'''<br /><br />
walking around<br />
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==Page 762==<br />
<br />
'''swotting'''<br /><br />
i.e., swatting<br />
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==Page 763==<br />
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==Page 764==<br />
<br />
'''intuiting'''<br /><br />
knowing without having been told<br />
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==Page 765==<br />
<br />
'''Bic'''<br /><br />
A manufacturer of inexpensive ball-point pens. Probably blue, here. <br />
<br />
'''St. Pamphile'''<br /><br />
This is a town close to Québec City; Pamphile is [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11436b.htm St. Pamphilus].<br />
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==Page 766==<br />
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==Page 767==<br />
<br />
'''maundering'''<br /><br />
talking in a rambling, foolish way<br />
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==Page 769==<br />
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'''tumid'''<br /><br />
swollen<br />
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<span class="marker">769 · Mario and Hal at Night</span><br />
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==Page 769==<br />
<br />
'''"Thank you Sir may I have another"'''<br /><br />
a line from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/ Animal House]<br />
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==Page 770==<br />
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'''segue'''<br /><br />
a smooth transition from one thing to another<br />
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==Page 771==<br />
<br />
'''unbent'''<br /><br />
not having yielded or submitted<br />
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==Page 772==<br />
<br />
'''Panglossian'''<br /><br />
Pangloss is a character in Voltaire's ''Candide'', who is wont to say "in the best of all possible worlds."<br />
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'''true'''<br /><br />
on target<br />
<br />
'''mendaciously'''<br /><br />
in a manner of one who is lying<br />
<br />
'''rococo'''<br /><br />
ornate or florid in speech<br />
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'''tersely'''<br /><br />
in a manner using few words<br />
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==Page 774==<br />
<br />
'''Eve Arden'''<br /><br />
Eve Arden (1908-1990) was an American actress.<br />
<br />
<span class="marker">774 · Marathe and Kate G. Talk</span><br />
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==Page 774==<br />
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==Page 775==<br />
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'''''Big Book'''''<br /><br />
the AA handbook<br />
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==Page 776==<br />
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==Page 777==<br />
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'''Provincial'''<br /><br />
Switzerland does not have provinces; it has cantons.<br />
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==Page 778==<br />
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'''Swiss metal helmets'''<br /><br />
Kate is probably thinking "Swedish" as in a Viking's helmet.<br />
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'''''schüssch'''''<br /><br />
He probably means ''schuss'', i.e., skiing.<br />
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==Page 779==<br />
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'''restenosis'''<br /><br />
recurrence of stenosis, i.e., narrowing of blood vessels<br />
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'''Garçon!'''<br /><br />
French: Boy! (used in reference to the waiter)<br />
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==Page 780==<br />
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'''m'épouse au future'''<br /><br />
French: future spouse<br />
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'''Jaarvik'''<br /><br />
misspelling of "Jarvik"<br />
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==Page 781==<br />
<br />
'''Swisshead'''<br /><br />
She may be using this particular epithet to mean "one who has holes in his head," à la Swiss cheese.<br />
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==Page 782==<br />
<br />
'''''I voot make ze hreply zat'''''<br /><br />
i.e., I would make the reply that — Kate making fun of Marathe's accent<br />
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<span class="marker">782 · Hal and Mario Continued</span><br />
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==Page 782==<br />
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'''Irish Spring'''<br /><br />
i.e., a strong-smelling brand of soap<br />
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==Page 783==<br />
<br />
'''poppy-seed bagel'''<br /><br />
conventional wisdom telling that eating such bagels would cause one to test positive for opiates<br />
<br />
'''snuffle'''<br /><br />
to sniff as in trying to detect something<br />
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'''Indy-type'''<br /><br />
they clear the system very quickly<br />
<br />
'''Ginsu'''<br /><br />
a brand of steak knives, once sold on late-night television commercials<br />
<br />
'''Calli tea'''<br /><br />
Read about this [http://www.diana2.com/calli_tea.html here].<br />
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'''a perfect score'''<br /><br />
which is 1600<br />
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'''pores'''<br /><br />
i.e., pores over books, reads them carefully<br />
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[[Notes and Errata - Pages 983-1079#Endnote_321|Endnote 321]]<br />
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'''Remington-hung'''<br /><br />
Hal is referring to the fact that the office he's in is decorated with art by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), an American painter who work can be seen online [http://www.remington-art.com/remington%20biography.htm here].<br />
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'''half-Windsors'''<br /><br />
A type of knot used to tie a necktie<br />
<br />
'''Harold Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's full first name is given for the first time.<br />
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'''Enfield'''<br /><br />
A fictional town just west of Boston, which exists where parts of the real town of Brighton and the Boston neighborhood of Allston exist in reality. There used to be a real Enfield in western Massachusetts but it was disincorporated in 1938.<br />
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<div id="onancaa">'''O.N.A.N.C.A.A.'''<br /></div><br />
Organization of North American Nations Collegiate Athletic Association -- presumably the future complement of the NCAA.<br />
<br />
'''wen'''<br /><br />
"A benign encysted tumor of the skin, esp. on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>)<br />
<br />
'''avers'''<br /><br />
Asserts<br />
<br />
'''Randolph Tennis Center'''<br /><br />
The [http://www.randolphtenniscenter.com/ Randolph Tennis Center] is a real place, near Tucson, Ariz. and the main campus of the University of Arizona.<br />
<br />
'''El Con Marriott'''<br /><br />
"El Con" is short for "El Conquistador," and while there is a Hilton El Conquistador Hotel in Tucson, the Marriot has a different name.<br />
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==Page 5==<br />
<br />
'''"...the fat women in the Viking hat having sung..."'''<br /><br />
Another way of saying, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." This expression refers to opera, particularly those by Richard Wagner.<br />
<br />
'''62.5%'''<br /><br />
Out of eight people in the room (including himself, three deans, the Director of Composition, deLint, and C.T.), five are looking at Hal. Hal not being able to look at himself, two people are <i>not</i> looking at Hal, presumably deLint and C.T.<br />
<br />
'''Edmonton'''<br /><br />
Presumably Edmonton, AB.<br />
<br />
'''mottle'''<br /><br />
Spots of color. <br />
<br />
'''circumflex'''<br /><br />
A circumflex is a diacritical mark, as seen in the French verb <i>être</i> (to be). Presumably, the dean's eyebrows have taken on this shape.<br />
<br />
'''Pac 10'''<br /><br />
The Pacific 10 athletic conference, the other members of which are: Arizona State Univ., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Univ. of Oregon, Oregon State Univ., Stanford Univ., UCLA, USC, Univ. of Washington, and Washington State Univ.<br />
<br /><br />
'''"I stare carefully into the Kekuléan knot of the middle Dean's necktie."'''<br/>[[image:wiki.png|frame|August Kekulé (left), the self-consuming snake (middle) and the Benzene molecular structure it inspired (right)]]<br />
"Kekuléan" is not a type of knot. To Hal, the knot he is focusing on resembles the, self-consuming, annular shape of the snakes that inspired August Kekulé's discovery of Benzene's molecular structure. August Kekule (1829-1896), a renowned German organic chemist was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure. His most famous work, the discovery of Benzene molecule's structure, is said to be inspired by a dream. "Kekulé's Dream" was that of a self-devouring snake, the shape of which, he used to describe the Benzene Ring. <br /><br />Hal's intense focus on this annular, or ring-like, part of the tie is the first reference to annular shapes.<br />
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==Page 6==<br />
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'''aviarian'''<br /><br />
This word, not found in dictionaries, would seem to mean "of or pertaining to an aviary," an aviary being where birds are kept.<br />
<br />
'''phonetic perspective'''<br /><br />
Judging from the way the words sound when spoken.<br />
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==Page 7==<br />
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'''lapidary'''<br /><br />
"Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression: lapidary prose" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
<br />
'''effete'''<br /><br />
Overrefined. <br />
<br />
'''Prescriptive Grammar'''<br /><br />
This terms describes a school of thought that there are rules of grammar that should be obeyed and taught. Wallace is firmly in this school.<br />
<br />
'''Post-Fourier Transformations'''<br /><br />
Named for Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), a French mathematician, a Fourier transformation is "a certain linear operator that maps functions to other functions" (Wikipedia). Post-Fourier would refer to those transformations that came after Fourier.<br />
<br />
'''Holographically Mimetic'''<br /><br />
Approximating reality using holograms<br />
<br />
'''Stasis'''<br /><br />
Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stasis]<br/><br />
<br />
'''Montague Grammar'''<br /><br />
Named for Richard Merett Montague (1930-1971), an American logician, this is an approach to semantics that suggests that the semantics of natural languages is essentially the same as those of formal languages, such as logic or computer programming.<br />
<br />
'''Physical Modality'''<br /><br />
Modality, in linguistics, refers to sign theory. Physical modality would, therefore, be either how a physical thing is represented by a sign or how any idea is represented by something physical.<br />
<br />
'''Tertiary'''<br /><br />
Third-level, after primary and secondary<br />
<br />
'''Justinian'''<br /><br />
The era of the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565)<br />
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'''sotto'''<br /><br />
Italian for "below." Particularly when used in the phrase, "sotto voce," it means speaking in a low voice, under one's breath.<br />
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==Page 8==<br />
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'''Oxbridge Quadrivium-Trivium'''<br /><br />
Oxbridge refers to the two oldest colleges in the U.K., Oxford and Cambridge. The Quadrivium are the four academic subjects of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The Trivium are three disciplines, i.e., grammar, logic, and rhetoric.<br />
<br />
'''hyperthrophied'''<br /><br />
Enlarged through strength training, specific to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_hypertrophy human muscles] (see, contra, ''atrophied'')<br />
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==Page 9==<br />
<br />
'''insigniated'''<br /><br />
A neologism, meaning infused with insignia (a distinguishing mark or sign, many graphic logos are insignia)<br />
<br />
'''N.A.A.U.P.'''<br /><br />
North American Associaton of University Professors, the presumed follower to the American Assocation of University Professors.<br />
<br />
'''de moi'''<br /><br />
French: from me<br />
<br />
'''"...who use whomsoever as a subject..."'''<br /><br />
"Whosoever" would be the proper subjective form of this word. Hal is saying that the Deans, even with their limited grammatical abilities, would find the recent essays appalling. <br />
<br />
'''hip-shot'''<br /><br />
one hip lower than the other <br />
<br />
'''capillary webs'''<br /><br />
The smallest networks of blood vessels, where arteries turn into veins<br />
<br />
'''defacatory'''<br /><br />
As if eliminating solid bodily waste<br />
<br />
'''Don''' <br /><br />
A mafia boss<br />
<br />
'''RICO'''<br /><br />
An acronym for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a statute used primarily to charge organized crime figures in criminal conspiracies.<br />
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==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''vortexing''' <br /> <br />
whirling <br />
<br />
'''nepotistic''' <br /><br />
relating to the practice of favoring relatives or friends <br />
<br />
'''Brewster's-Angle light'''<br /><br />
Named for Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish scientist; the angle at which non-polarized light striking a surface will reflect polarized light. Presumably a desk lamp is positioned at such an angle. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle more].<br />
<br />
'''Weston'''<br /><br />
A suburb of Boston, about 17 miles west of the city<br />
<br />
'''Orin'''<br /><br />
Hal's older brother and the middle name of Hal & Orin's father, James O. Incandenza, literally "a tree" or "pale."<br />
<br />
'''Rototiller'''<br /><br />
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_tiller rotary tiller]<br />
<br />
'''Pooh-wear'''<br /><br />
Children's clothing bearing Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon images or graphics, presumably pajamas in this instance<br />
<br />
[[Image:poohwear.jpg|thumb|Pooh-wear Pajamas|right]]<br />
<br />
'''hirsute'''<br /><br />
hairy<br />
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'''presbyopic'''<br /><br />
Literally "old-eyed," this is the inability to focus one's eyes as one grows older<br />
<br />
'''Rototrembling'''<br /><br />
A Wallace neologism (and portmanteaux) to describe the effects (shaking hands) of prolonged operation of a Rototiller<br />
<br />
'''caustic'''<br /><br />
adj., biting, stinging, sarcastic<br />
<br />
'''plumb'''<br /><br />
adj., straight or true; in line with<br />
<br />
'''martial'''<br /><br />
war-like <br />
<br />
'''ideogram'''<br /><br />
an idea represented by a shape, e.g., a stop sign, known by its eight-sided configuration<br />
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==Page 12==<br />
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'''ROM'''<br /><br />
read only memory <br />
<br />
'''Kirkegaard'''<br /><br />
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher and one of the progenitors of existential philosophy<br />
<br />
'''Camus'''<br /><br />
Albert Camus was a 20th century Algerian-born French author of existentialist texts.<br />
<br />
'''Dennis Gabor'''<br /><br />
Dennis Gabor, born Gábor Dénes, was a 20th century Hungarian physicist who invented holography, for which he received the Nobel Prize.<br />
<br />
'''"...Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror..."'''<br /><br />
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was a British philosopher and author of <i>Leviathan</i>. In it, he suggests that the only escape from living in a state of nature that is "solitary, nasty, brutish, and short" is to build societies. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was the Swiss-French philosopher who wrote <i>The Social Contract,</i> in which he advances the same argument but idealizes the state of nature.<br />
<br />
'''Hegel'''<br /><br />
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a highly influential German philosopher.<br />
<br />
'''creatus'''<br /><br />
Latin for "creation," the line over the a indicates the vowel is pronounced as in "hate" rather than in "father."<br />
<br />
'''pinion'''<br /><br />
v. tr., "To restrain or immobilize (a person) by binding the arms" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
<br />
'''parquet'''<br /><br />
An in-laid wood pattern, often a block-pattern, typically in flooring. Also, in France, the branch of the law that deals with the persecution of crime. <br />
<br />
'''Nunn Bush'''<br /><br />
A brand of shoes, generally pricey.<br />
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'''half nelson'''<br /><br />
a wrestling hold with the offensive competitor's arm wrapped under the opponent's arm and over the opponent's neck from behind, allowing an opponent to be immobilized or levered from behind<br />
<br />
'''Heimlich'''<br /><br />
The Heimlich maneuver, named for contemporary American physician Henry Jay Heimlich, dislodges food from a choking person's trachea by applying sharp pressure to the abdomen.<br />
<br />
'''roil'''<br /><br />
To move about in whirling manner. <br />
<br />
'''pases'''<br /><br />
This is the plural of <i>pase</i>, a Spanish word used in bullfighting to denote the movement of the matador's cape in drawing in the bull.<br />
<br />
'''supine'''<br /><br />
lying on one's back<br />
<br />
'''enfilade'''<br /><br />
a word used to denote a type of military gunfire. A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapons fire can be directed along its length. For instance, a column of marching troops is enfiladed if fired on from the front rather than the side.<br />
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==Page 14==<br />
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<div id="whataburger">'''Whataburger'''</div> [[Image:What.jpg|thumb|100px|Whataburger logo|right]]<br />
Synechdoche for the the fictional "WhataBurger Southwest Junior Invitational," an annual juniors' tennis tournament held in the novel in Tucson, AZ. (A Corpus Christi invention, [http://www.whataburger.com/ Whataburger®] is a well-established local burger chain in Pheonix (with 28 franchisees in AZ in 2009) but whose real fan base hails from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Pre-European_era Texas].)<br />
<br />
'''viscous'''<br /> <br />
Sticky, thick and liquid. <br />
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==Page 15==<br />
<br />
'''espadrilles'''<br /><br />
shoes popular in Latin American with rope for soles<br />
<br />
'''savant'''<br /> <br />
Mentally handicapped but brilliant in one specific way. <br />
<br />
'''shunt'''<br /><br />
To shove.<br />
<br />
'''kangaroo-interview'''<br /><br />
Alludes to kangaroo-court, a sham legal proceeding.<br />
<br />
'''leonine'''<br /><br />
lion-like<br />
<br />
'''cirri'''<br /><br />
plural of cirrus, a type of cloud<br />
<br />
'''vectors''' <br /><br />
Direct paths to desired locations<br />
<br />
'''martinet'''<br /><br />
a strict disciplinarian<br />
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==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''ultra-mach'''<br /><br />
Named for Ernst Mach (1838-1916), a Bohemian-Austrian physicist, the mach unit is a unit for the speed of sound. "Ultra-mach" would apply to a plane flying at several times the speed of sound.<br />
<br />
'''barnwood'''<br /><br />
This word refers to "aged and weathered boards, esp. those salvaged from dismantled barns" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>).<br />
<br />
'''starboard list'''<br /><br />
Employing the nautical term for "right" (starboard), the woman referred to tends to move right as she tries to move forward.<br />
<br />
'''gigantism'''<br /><br />
excessive or abnormally large growth in humans, also ''giantism''<br />
<br />
'''parodic'''<br /><br />
having the qualities of a parody<br />
<br />
'''infantophile'''<br /><br />
one subject to infantophilia (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantophilia#Diagnosis pedophilia]), but may simply reference the earlier Inner Infant group<br />
<br />
'''incisionish'''<br /><br />
a neologism meaning "of or like an incision"<br />
<br />
'''hypophalangial'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism describing a smallness or absence of fingers or hands<br />
<br />
'''Himself's'''<br /><br />
An Incandenza family nickname for Hal's father, James O. Incandenza; the first reference to James O. Incandenza in the novel<br />
<br />
'''antenna''' <br /><br />
Referring here to the portable phone's antenna. <br />
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==Page 17==<br />
<br />
'''"...Donald Gately and I dig up my father's head..."'''<br /><br />
See <i>Hamlet</i>, Act Five, Scene One.<br />
<br />
'''Venus Williams'''<br /><br />
At the time this novel was published, Venus Williams would have been sixteen years old.<br />
<br />
'''Dymphna'''<br /><br />
Dymphna was a 7th century Irish saint. Her feast day is May 15. She is the patron saint of mental illness professionals, epilectics, and the mentally ill, among others.<br />
<br />
'''Petropolis Kahn'''<br /><br />
<i>Petropolis</i> is Greek for "city of stone" or "city of Peter." Petrópolis is a city in Brazil near Rio de Janeiro. A treaty was signed there on November 11, 1903, ending hostilities between Bolivia and Brazil.<br />
<br />
"Kahn" is a variant on the Jewish name for a priest, i.e., <i>kohen</i>.<br />
<br />
'''etiology'''<br /><br />
the cause of a disease<br />
<br />
'''Socratic method'''<br />
a technique of teaching by asking students questions, attributed to Socrates' pedagogy in ancient Greece<br />
<br />
'''<i>O.E.D. VI</i>'s count'''<br /><br />
This is a reference to the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, sixth edition.<br />
<br />
'''nonarchaic'''<br /><br />
still in use, as distinct from those dictionary words considered archaic and not part of the modern language<br />
<br />
'''Latinate'''<br /><br />
deriving from Latin<br />
<br />
'''Saxonic'''<br /><br />
deriving from Old English<br />
<br />
'''quick-bit'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism for "bitten to the quick", as in nails gnawed down to where they emerged from the fingertips<br />
<br />
'''jou'''<br /><br />
the sound of a Spanish-speaker's pronunciation of "you"<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''girder'''<br /> <br />
An upright beam<br />
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'''200 grams'''<br /><br />
a little over seven ounces<br />
<br />
'''"...using just audio..."'''<br /><br />
The implication here is that in the time of the book, there are videophones.<br />
<br />
'''Allston'''<br /><br />
A part of Boston proper, west of downtown and across the Charles river from Cambridge. The fictional Enfield most likely occupies part of what is in reality Allston.<br />
<br />
'''high-resin dope'''<br /><br />
generally high-quality marijuana, containing a high volume of resins where THC in marijuana plants is produced<br />
<br />
'''harelip'''<br /><br />
vernacular, arguably offensive, term for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip_and_palate cleft lip]<br />
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==Page 19==<br />
<br />
'''TP'''<br /><br />
"Teleputer", as used elsewhere in the text. Assumed to be a hybridized communications/entertainment device.<br />
<br />
'''"own marijuana"'''<br /><br />
To physically posses marijuana. <br />
<br />
'''modem'''<br /><br />
used as a verb, communicating with the office via modem, an early but ubiquitous tool for transmitting data between servers and client/servers.<br />
<br />
'''e-note'''<br /><br />
electronic note, likely not a literal reference to an actual electronic communication, conceived in the pre-Internet era<br />
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==Page 20==<br />
<br />
'''Mountie'''<br /><br />
a member of the [http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police], their equivalent of the FBI<br />
<br />
'''Porter Square, Cambridge'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Cambridge bordering on Somerville, about a mile from [http://www.tufts.edu/ Tufts University], which is on the Somerville/Medford border<br />
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==Page 21==<br />
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'''convulsive'''<br /><br />
Experiencing convulsions, violent involuntary physical shaking<br />
<br />
'''Wedekind festival'''<br /><br />
This would presumably be a festival celebrating the plays of German playwright Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864-1914), a proto-expressionist.<br />
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'''rapacious'''<br /><br />
Aggressively greedy. <br />
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'''pleurisy'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the pleurae, the membranes surrounding the lungs<br />
<br />
'''Interlace viewer'''<br /><br />
A television-based home entertainment system, ubiquitous in the time the novel is set, which plays copy-protected "cartridges" custom-ordered by viewers, invented by [[L#"Lace"|Noreen Lace-Forché]]<br />
<br />
'''raptly'''<br /><br />
with intense attention to<br />
<br />
'''cartridge'''<br /><br />
See ''Interlace viewer'', above<br />
<br />
'''debauch'''<br /><br />
an episode of debauchery, engaging in excessive, pleasure-seeking, often sexual- or drug/alcohol-related<br />
<br />
'''120 grams'''<br /><br />
about 4.2 ounces<br />
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'''debased'''<br /><br />
of low character and lacking integrity<br />
<br />
'''Tito Puente'''<br /><br />
[http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/tito_puente/ Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr.], an internationally known Puerto Rican jazz musician.<br />
<br />
'''Marlborough Street'''<br /><br />
Marlborough Street runs through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston,_Massachusetts Back Bay] area of Boston.<br />
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'''appropriation'''<br /><br />
taking something as one's own, without permission<br />
<br />
'''methamphetamine hydrochloride'''<br /><br />
As the endnote on p. 983 tells us, this the chemical name for crystal meth. Calling to mind that <i>Infinite Jest</i> was published in 1996, don't think crystal meth is a new phenomenon.<br />
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'''pastiche'''<br /><br />
a mixture of varying style or content<br />
<br />
'''magisculed'''<br /><br />
typo or intentional misspelling of ''majuscule'', an initial capital letter, often large-type to introduce a section of written material; Wallace's use of the noun in a verb form is likely a neologism (especially if the alternate spelling is retained)<br />
<br />
'''50 grams'''<br /><br />
about 1.75 ounces<br />
<br />
'''hydroponic'''<br /><br />
grown in water without soil<br />
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'''stein'''<br /><br />
a drinking mug<br />
<br />
'''E.W.D. land barge'''<br /><br />
perhaps "Enfield Waste Disposal"; a garbage truck<br />
<br />
'''phallocentric'''<br /><br />
biased from a male point of view<br />
<br />
'''half a meter'''<br /><br />
nearly 20 inches<br />
<br />
'''carb'''<br /><br />
Short for "carburetor," just as the carburetor in an internal combustion engine mixes air with gas to allow combustion, the carburetor on a water pipe allows one to draw air in with marijuana smoke.<br />
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'''oblique'''<br /><br />
slanted, like an acute or obtuse angle, not a right-angle<br />
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'''teleputer'''<br /><br />
Combination television and computer, generic term for an Interlace player, see also [[T#"TP"|TP]]<br />
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'''jibe'''<br /><br />
correspond with; match up<br />
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'''oblique'''<br /><br />
indirect or dishonest<br />
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'''desiccated'''<br /><br />
dried out <br />
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'''Remington-hung'''<br /><br />
Hal is referring to the fact that the office he's in is decorated with art by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), an American painter who work can be seen online [http://www.remington-art.com/remington%20biography.htm here].<br />
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'''half-Windsors'''<br /><br />
A type of knot used to tie a necktie<br />
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'''Harold Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's full first name is given for the first time.<br />
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'''Enfield'''<br /><br />
A fictional town just west of Boston, which exists where parts of the real town of Brighton and the Boston neighborhood of Allston exist in reality. There used to be a real Enfield in western Massachusetts but it was disincorporated in 1938.<br />
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<div id="onancaa">'''O.N.A.N.C.A.A.'''<br /></div><br />
Organization of North American Nations Collegiate Athletic Association -- presumably the future complement of the NCAA.<br />
<br />
'''wen'''<br /><br />
"A benign encysted tumor of the skin, esp. on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>)<br />
<br />
'''avers'''<br /><br />
Asserts<br />
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'''Randolph Tennis Center'''<br /><br />
The [http://www.randolphtenniscenter.com/ Randolph Tennis Center] is a real place, near Tucson, Ariz. and the main campus of the University of Arizona.<br />
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'''El Con Marriott'''<br /><br />
"El Con" is short for "El Conquistador," and while there is a Hilton El Conquistador Hotel in Tucson, the Marriot has a different name.<br />
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'''"...the fat women in the Viking hat having sung..."'''<br /><br />
Another way of saying, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." This expression refers to opera, particularly those by Richard Wagner.<br />
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'''62.5%'''<br /><br />
Out of eight people in the room (including himself, three deans, the Director of Composition, deLint, and C.T.), five are looking at Hal. Hal not being able to look at himself, two people are <i>not</i> looking at Hal, presumably deLint and C.T.<br />
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'''Edmonton'''<br /><br />
Presumably Edmonton, AB.<br />
<br />
'''mottle'''<br /><br />
Spots of color. <br />
<br />
'''circumflex'''<br /><br />
A circumflex is a diacritical mark, as seen in the French verb <i>être</i> (to be). Presumably, the dean's eyebrows have taken on this shape.<br />
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'''Pac 10'''<br /><br />
The Pacific 10 athletic conference, the other members of which are: Arizona State Univ., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Univ. of Oregon, Oregon State Univ., Stanford Univ., UCLA, USC, Univ. of Washington, and Washington State Univ.<br />
<br /><br />
'''"I stare carefully into the Kekuléan knot of the middle Dean's necktie."'''<br/>[[image:wiki.png|frame|August Kekulé (left), the self-consuming snake (middle) and the Benzene molecular structure it inspired (right)]]<br />
"Kekuléan" is not a type of knot. To Hal, the knot he is focusing on resembles the, self-consuming, annular shape of the snakes that inspired August Kekulé's discovery of Benzene's molecular structure. August Kekule (1829-1896), a renowned German organic chemist was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure. His most famous work, the discovery of Benzene molecule's structure, is said to be inspired by a dream. "Kekulé's Dream" was that of a self-devouring snake, the shape of which, he used to describe the Benzene Ring. <br /><br />Hal's intense focus on this annular, or ring-like, part of the tie is the first reference to annular shapes.<br />
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'''aviarian'''<br /><br />
This word, not found in dictionaries, would seem to mean "of or pertaining to an aviary," an aviary being where birds are kept.<br />
<br />
'''phonetic perspective'''<br /><br />
Judging from the way the words sound when spoken.<br />
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'''lapidary'''<br /><br />
"Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression: lapidary prose" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
<br />
'''effete'''<br /><br />
Overrefined. <br />
<br />
'''Prescriptive Grammar'''<br /><br />
This terms describes a school of thought that there are rules of grammar that should be obeyed and taught. Wallace is firmly in this school.<br />
<br />
'''Post-Fourier Transformations'''<br /><br />
Named for Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), a French mathematician, a Fourier transformation is "a certain linear operator that maps functions to other functions" (Wikipedia). Post-Fourier would refer to those transformations that came after Fourier.<br />
<br />
'''Holographically Mimetic'''<br /><br />
Approximating reality using holograms<br />
<br />
'''Stasis'''<br /><br />
Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stasis]<br/><br />
<br />
'''Montague Grammar'''<br /><br />
Named for Richard Merett Montague (1930-1971), an American logician, this is an approach to semantics that suggests that the semantics of natural languages is essentially the same as those of formal languages, such as logic or computer programming.<br />
<br />
'''Physical Modality'''<br /><br />
Modality, in linguistics, refers to sign theory. Physical modality would, therefore, be either how a physical thing is represented by a sign or how any idea is represented by something physical.<br />
<br />
'''Tertiary'''<br /><br />
Third-level, after primary and secondary<br />
<br />
'''Justinian'''<br /><br />
The era of the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565)<br />
<br />
'''sotto'''<br /><br />
Italian for "below." Particularly when used in the phrase, "sotto voce," it means speaking in a low voice, under one's breath.<br />
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'''Oxbridge Quadrivium-Trivium'''<br /><br />
Oxbridge refers to the two oldest colleges in the U.K., Oxford and Cambridge. The Quadrivium are the four academic subjects of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The Trivium are three disciplines, i.e., grammar, logic, and rhetoric.<br />
<br />
'''hyperthrophied'''<br /><br />
Enlarged through strength training, specific to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_hypertrophy human muscles] (see, contra, ''atrophied'')<br />
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==Page 9==<br />
<br />
'''insigniated'''<br /><br />
A neologism, meaning infused with insignia (a distinguishing mark or sign, many graphic logos are insignia)<br />
<br />
'''N.A.A.U.P.'''<br /><br />
North American Associaton of University Professors, the presumed follower to the American Assocation of University Professors.<br />
<br />
'''de moi'''<br /><br />
French: from me<br />
<br />
'''"...who use whomsoever as a subject..."'''<br /><br />
"Whosoever" would be the proper subjective form of this word. Hal is saying that the Deans, even with their limited grammatical abilities, would find the recent essays appalling. <br />
<br />
'''hip-shot'''<br /><br />
one hip lower than the other <br />
<br />
'''capillary webs'''<br /><br />
The smallest networks of blood vessels, where arteries turn into veins<br />
<br />
'''defacatory'''<br /><br />
As if eliminating solid bodily waste<br />
<br />
'''Don''' <br /><br />
A mafia boss<br />
<br />
'''RICO'''<br /><br />
An acronym for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a statute used primarily to charge organized crime figures in criminal conspiracies.<br />
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==Page 10==<br />
<br />
'''vortexing''' <br /> <br />
whirling <br />
<br />
'''nepotistic''' <br /><br />
relating to the practice of favoring relatives or friends <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Brewster's-Angle light'''<br /><br />
Named for Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish scientist; the angle at which non-polarized light striking a surface will reflect polarized light. Presumably a desk lamp is positioned at such an angle. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle more].<br />
<br />
'''Weston'''<br /><br />
A suburb of Boston, about 17 miles west of the city<br />
<br />
'''Orin'''<br /><br />
Hal's older brother and the middle name of Hal & Orin's father, James O. Incandenza, literally "a tree" or "pale."<br />
<br />
'''Rototiller'''<br /><br />
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_tiller rotary tiller]<br />
<br />
'''Pooh-wear'''<br /><br />
Children's clothing bearing Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon images or graphics, presumably pajamas in this instance<br />
<br />
[[Image:poohwear.jpg|thumb|Pooh-wear Pajamas|right]]<br />
<br />
'''hirsute'''<br /><br />
hairy<br />
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'''presbyopic'''<br /><br />
Literally "old-eyed," this is the inability to focus one's eyes as one grows older<br />
<br />
'''Rototrembling'''<br /><br />
A Wallace neologism (and portmanteaux) to describe the effects (shaking hands) of prolonged operation of a Rototiller<br />
<br />
'''caustic'''<br /><br />
adj., biting, stinging, sarcastic<br />
<br />
'''plumb'''<br /><br />
adj., straight or true; in line with<br />
<br />
'''martial'''<br /><br />
war-like <br />
<br />
'''ideogram'''<br /><br />
an idea represented by a shape, e.g., a stop sign, known by its eight-sided configuration<br />
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'''ROM'''<br /><br />
read only memory <br />
<br />
'''Kirkegaard'''<br /><br />
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher and one of the progenitors of existential philosophy<br />
<br />
'''Camus'''<br /><br />
Albert Camus was a 20th century Algerian-born French author of existentialist texts.<br />
<br />
'''Dennis Gabor'''<br /><br />
Dennis Gabor, born Gábor Dénes, was a 20th century Hungarian physicist who invented holography, for which he received the Nobel Prize.<br />
<br />
'''"...Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror..."'''<br /><br />
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was a British philosopher and author of <i>Leviathan</i>. In it, he suggests that the only escape from living in a state of nature that is "solitary, nasty, brutish, and short" is to build societies. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was the Swiss-French philosopher who wrote <i>The Social Contract,</i> in which he advances the same argument but idealizes the state of nature.<br />
<br />
'''Hegel'''<br /><br />
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a highly influential German philosopher.<br />
<br />
'''creatus'''<br /><br />
Latin for "creation," the line over the a indicates the vowel is pronounced as in "hate" rather than in "father."<br />
<br />
'''pinion'''<br /><br />
v. tr., "To restrain or immobilize (a person) by binding the arms" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
<br />
'''parquet'''<br /><br />
An in-laid wood pattern, often a block-pattern, typically in flooring. Also, in France, the branch of the law that deals with the persecution of crime. <br />
<br />
'''Nunn Bush'''<br /><br />
A brand of shoes, generally pricey.<br />
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'''half nelson'''<br /><br />
a wrestling hold with the offensive competitor's arm wrapped under the opponent's arm and over the opponent's neck from behind, allowing an opponent to be immobilized or levered from behind<br />
<br />
'''Heimlich'''<br /><br />
The Heimlich maneuver, named for contemporary American physician Henry Jay Heimlich, dislodges food from a choking person's trachea by applying sharp pressure to the abdomen.<br />
<br />
'''roil'''<br /><br />
To move about in whirling manner. <br />
<br />
'''pases'''<br /><br />
This is the plural of <i>pase</i>, a Spanish word used in bullfighting to denote the movement of the matador's cape in drawing in the bull.<br />
<br />
'''supine'''<br /><br />
lying on one's back<br />
<br />
'''enfilade'''<br /><br />
a word used to denote a type of military gunfire. A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapons fire can be directed along its length. For instance, a column of marching troops is enfiladed if fired on from the front rather than the side.<br />
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<div id="whataburger">'''Whataburger'''</div> [[Image:What.jpg|thumb|100px|Whataburger logo|right]]<br />
Synechdoche for the the fictional "WhataBurger Southwest Junior Invitational," an annual juniors' tennis tournament held in the novel in Tucson, AZ. (A Corpus Christi invention, [http://www.whataburger.com/ Whataburger®] is a well-established local burger chain in Pheonix (with 28 franchisees in AZ in 2009) but whose real fan base hails from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Pre-European_era Texas].)<br />
<br />
'''viscous'''<br /> <br />
Sticky, thick and liquid. <br />
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<br />
'''espadrilles'''<br /><br />
shoes popular in Latin American with rope for soles<br />
<br />
'''savant'''<br /> <br />
Mentally handicapped but brilliant in one specific way. <br />
<br />
'''shunt'''<br /><br />
To shove.<br />
<br />
'''kangaroo-interview'''<br /><br />
Alludes to kangaroo-court, a sham legal proceeding.<br />
<br />
'''leonine'''<br /><br />
lion-like<br />
<br />
'''cirri'''<br /><br />
plural of cirrus, a type of cloud<br />
<br />
'''vectors''' <br /><br />
Direct paths to desired locations<br />
<br />
'''martinet'''<br /><br />
a strict disciplinarian<br />
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==Page 16==<br />
<br />
'''ultra-mach'''<br /><br />
Named for Ernst Mach (1838-1916), a Bohemian-Austrian physicist, the mach unit is a unit for the speed of sound. "Ultra-mach" would apply to a plane flying at several times the speed of sound.<br />
<br />
'''barnwood'''<br /><br />
This word refers to "aged and weathered boards, esp. those salvaged from dismantled barns" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>).<br />
<br />
'''starboard list'''<br /><br />
Employing the nautical term for "right" (starboard), the woman referred to tends to move right as she tries to move forward.<br />
<br />
'''gigantism'''<br /><br />
excessive or abnormally large growth in humans, also ''giantism''<br />
<br />
'''parodic'''<br /><br />
having the qualities of a parody<br />
<br />
'''infantophile'''<br /><br />
one subject to infantophilia (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantophilia#Diagnosis pedophilia]), but may simply reference the earlier Inner Infant group<br />
<br />
'''incisionish'''<br /><br />
a neologism meaning "of or like an incision"<br />
<br />
'''hypophalangial'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism describing a smallness or absence of fingers or hands<br />
<br />
'''Himself's'''<br /><br />
An Incandenza family nickname for Hal's father, James O. Incandenza; the first reference to James O. Incandenza in the novel<br />
<br />
'''antenna''' <br /><br />
Referring here to the portable phone's antenna. <br />
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'''"...Donald Gately and I dig up my father's head..."'''<br /><br />
See <i>Hamlet</i>, Act Five, Scene One.<br />
<br />
'''Venus Williams'''<br /><br />
At the time this novel was published, Venus Williams would have been sixteen years old.<br />
<br />
'''Dymphna'''<br /><br />
Dymphna was a 7th century Irish saint. Her feast day is May 15. She is the patron saint of mental illness professionals, epilectics, and the mentally ill, among others.<br />
<br />
'''Petropolis Kahn'''<br /><br />
<i>Petropolis</i> is Greek for "city of stone" or "city of Peter." Petrópolis is a city in Brazil near Rio de Janeiro. A treaty was signed there on November 11, 1903, ending hostilities between Bolivia and Brazil.<br />
<br />
"Kahn" is a variant on the Jewish name for a priest, i.e., <i>kohen</i>.<br />
<br />
'''etiology'''<br /><br />
the cause of a disease<br />
<br />
'''Socratic method'''<br />
a technique of teaching by asking students questions, attributed to Socrates' pedagogy in ancient Greece<br />
<br />
'''<i>O.E.D. VI</i>'s count'''<br /><br />
This is a reference to the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, sixth edition.<br />
<br />
'''nonarchaic'''<br /><br />
still in use, as distinct from those dictionary words considered archaic and not part of the modern language<br />
<br />
'''Latinate'''<br /><br />
deriving from Latin<br />
<br />
'''Saxonic'''<br /><br />
deriving from Old English<br />
<br />
'''quick-bit'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism for "bitten to the quick", as in nails gnawed down to where they emerged from the fingertips<br />
<br />
'''jou'''<br /><br />
the sound of a Spanish-speaker's pronunciation of "you"<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
<br />
'''girder'''<br /> <br />
An upright beam<br />
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'''200 grams'''<br /><br />
a little over seven ounces<br />
<br />
'''"...using just audio..."'''<br /><br />
The implication here is that in the time of the book, there are videophones.<br />
<br />
'''Allston'''<br /><br />
A part of Boston proper, west of downtown and across the Charles river from Cambridge. The fictional Enfield most likely occupies part of what is in reality Allston.<br />
<br />
'''high-resin dope'''<br /><br />
generally high-quality marijuana, containing a high volume of resins where THC in marijuana plants is produced<br />
<br />
'''harelip'''<br /><br />
vernacular, arguably offensive, term for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip_and_palate cleft lip]<br />
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'''TP'''<br /><br />
"Teleputer", as used elsewhere in the text. Assumed to be a hybridized communications/entertainment device.<br />
<br />
'''"own marijuana"'''<br /><br />
To physically posses marijuana. <br />
<br />
'''modem'''<br /><br />
used as a verb, communicating with the office via modem, an early but ubiquitous tool for transmitting data between servers and client/servers.<br />
<br />
'''e-note'''<br /><br />
electronic note, likely not a literal reference to an actual electronic communication, conceived in the pre-Internet era<br />
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'''Mountie'''<br /><br />
a member of the [http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police], their equivalent of the FBI<br />
<br />
'''Porter Square, Cambridge'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Cambridge bordering on Somerville, about a mile from [http://www.tufts.edu/ Tufts University], which is on the Somerville/Medford border<br />
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'''convulsive'''<br /><br />
Experiencing convulsions, violent involuntary physical shaking<br />
<br />
'''Wedekind festival'''<br /><br />
This would presumably be a festival celebrating the plays of German playwright Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864-1914), a proto-expressionist.<br />
<br />
'''rapacious'''<br /><br />
Aggressively greedy. <br />
<br />
==Page 22==<br />
<br />
'''pleurisy'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the pleurae, the membranes surrounding the lungs<br />
<br />
'''Interlace viewer'''<br /><br />
A television-based home entertainment system, ubiquitous in the time the novel is set, which plays copy-protected "cartridges" custom-ordered by viewers, invented by [[L#"Lace"|Noreen Lace-Forché]]<br />
<br />
'''raptly'''<br /><br />
with intense attention to<br />
<br />
'''cartridge'''<br /><br />
See ''Interlace viewer'', above<br />
<br />
'''debauch'''<br /><br />
an episode of debauchery, engaging in excessive, pleasure-seeking, often sexual- or drug/alcohol-related<br />
<br />
'''120 grams'''<br /><br />
about 4.2 ounces<br />
<br />
'''debased'''<br /><br />
of low character and lacking integrity<br />
<br />
'''Tito Puente'''<br /><br />
[http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/tito_puente/ Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr.], an internationally known Puerto Rican jazz musician.<br />
<br />
'''Marlborough Street'''<br /><br />
Marlborough Street runs through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston,_Massachusetts Back Bay] area of Boston.<br />
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==Page 23==<br />
<br />
'''appropriation'''<br /><br />
taking something as one's own, without permission<br />
<br />
'''methamphetamine hydrochloride'''<br /><br />
As the endnote on p. 983 tells us, this the chemical name for crystal meth. Calling to mind that <i>Infinite Jest</i> was published in 1996, don't think crystal meth is a new phenomenon.<br />
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==Page 24==<br />
<br />
'''pastiche'''<br /><br />
a mixture of varying style or content<br />
<br />
'''magisculed'''<br /><br />
typo or intentional misspelling of ''majuscule'', an initial capital letter, often large-type to introduce a section of written material; Wallace's use of the noun in a verb form is likely a neologism (especially if the alternate spelling is retained)<br />
<br />
'''50 grams'''<br /><br />
about 1.75 ounces<br />
<br />
'''hydroponic'''<br /><br />
grown in water without soil<br />
<br />
==Page 25==<br />
<br />
'''stein'''<br /><br />
a drinking mug<br />
<br />
'''E.W.D. land barge'''<br /><br />
perhaps "Enfield Waste Disposal"; a garbage truck<br />
<br />
'''phallocentric'''<br /><br />
biased from a male point of view<br />
<br />
'''half a meter'''<br /><br />
nearly 20 inches<br />
<br />
'''carb'''<br /><br />
Short for "carburetor," just as the carburetor in an internal combustion engine mixes air with gas to allow combustion, the carburetor on a water pipe allows one to draw air in with marijuana smoke.<br />
<br />
'''oblique'''<br /><br />
slanted, like an acute or obtuse angle, not a right-angle<br />
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'''teleputer'''<br /><br />
Combination television and computer, generic term for an Interlace player, see also [[T#"TP"|TP]]<br />
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'''jibe'''<br /><br />
correspond with; match up<br />
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'''oblique'''<br /><br />
indirect or dishonest<br />
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'''desiccated'''<br /><br />
dried out <br />
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'''Remington-hung'''<br /><br />
Hal is referring to the fact that the office he's in is decorated with art by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), an American painter who work can be seen online [http://www.remington-art.com/remington%20biography.htm here].<br />
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'''half-Windsors'''<br /><br />
A type of knot used to tie a necktie<br />
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'''Harold Incandenza'''<br /><br />
Hal's full first name is given for the first time.<br />
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'''Enfield'''<br /><br />
A fictional town just west of Boston, which exists where parts of the real town of Brighton and the Boston neighborhood of Allston exist in reality. There used to be a real Enfield in western Massachusetts but it was disincorporated in 1938.<br />
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<div id="onancaa">'''O.N.A.N.C.A.A.'''<br /></div><br />
Organization of North American Nations Collegiate Athletic Association -- presumably the future complement of the NCAA.<br />
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'''wen'''<br /><br />
"A benign encysted tumor of the skin, esp. on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>)<br />
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'''avers'''<br /><br />
Asserts<br />
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'''Randolph Tennis Center'''<br /><br />
The [http://www.randolphtenniscenter.com/ Randolph Tennis Center] is a real place, near Tucson, Ariz. and the main campus of the University of Arizona.<br />
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'''El Con Marriott'''<br /><br />
"El Con" is short for "El Conquistador," and while there is a Hilton El Conquistador Hotel in Tucson, the Marriot has a different name.<br />
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'''"...the fat women in the Viking hat having sung..."'''<br /><br />
Another way of saying, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." This expression refers to opera, particularly those by Richard Wagner.<br />
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'''62.5%'''<br /><br />
Out of eight people in the room (including himself, three deans, the Director of Composition, deLint, and C.T.), five are looking at Hal. Hal not being able to look at himself, two people are <i>not</i> looking at Hal, presumably deLint and C.T.<br />
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'''Edmonton'''<br /><br />
Presumably Edmonton, AB.<br />
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'''mottle'''<br /><br />
Spots of color. <br />
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'''circumflex'''<br /><br />
A circumflex is a diacritical mark, as seen in the French verb <i>être</i> (to be). Presumably, the dean's eyebrows have taken on this shape.<br />
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'''Pac 10'''<br /><br />
The Pacific 10 athletic conference, the other members of which are: Arizona State Univ., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Univ. of Oregon, Oregon State Univ., Stanford Univ., UCLA, USC, Univ. of Washington, and Washington State Univ.<br />
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'''"I stare carefully into the Kekuléan knot of the middle Dean's necktie."'''<br/>[[image:wiki.png|frame|August Kekulé (left), the self-consuming snake (middle) and the Benzene molecular structure it inspired (right)]]<br />
"Kekuléan" is not a type of knot. To Hal, the knot he is focusing on resembles the, self-consuming, annular shape of the snakes that inspired August Kekulé's discovery of Benzene's molecular structure. August Kekule (1829-1896), a renowned German organic chemist was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure. His most famous work, the discovery of Benzene molecule's structure, is said to be inspired by a dream. "Kekulé's Dream" was that of a self-devouring snake, the shape of which, he used to describe the Benzene Ring. <br /><br />Hal's intense focus on this annular, or ring-like, part of the tie is the first reference to annular shapes.<br />
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'''aviarian'''<br /><br />
This word, not found in dictionaries, would seem to mean "of or pertaining to an aviary," an aviary being where birds are kept.<br />
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'''phonetic perspective'''<br /><br />
Judging from the way the words sound when spoken.<br />
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'''lapidary'''<br /><br />
"Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression: lapidary prose" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
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'''effete'''<br /><br />
Overrefined. <br />
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'''Prescriptive Grammar'''<br /><br />
This terms describes a school of thought that there are rules of grammar that should be obeyed and taught. Wallace is firmly in this school.<br />
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'''Post-Fourier Transformations'''<br /><br />
Named for Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), a French mathematician, a Fourier transformation is "a certain linear operator that maps functions to other functions" (Wikipedia). Post-Fourier would refer to those transformations that came after Fourier.<br />
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'''Holographically Mimetic'''<br /><br />
Approximating reality using holograms<br />
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'''Stasis'''<br /><br />
Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stasis]<br/><br />
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'''Montague Grammar'''<br /><br />
Named for Richard Merett Montague (1930-1971), an American logician, this is an approach to semantics that suggests that the semantics of natural languages is essentially the same as those of formal languages, such as logic or computer programming.<br />
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'''Physical Modality'''<br /><br />
Modality, in linguistics, refers to sign theory. Physical modality would, therefore, be either how a physical thing is represented by a sign or how any idea is represented by something physical.<br />
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'''Tertiary'''<br /><br />
Third-level, after primary and secondary<br />
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'''Justinian'''<br /><br />
The era of the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565)<br />
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'''sotto'''<br /><br />
Italian for "below." Particularly when used in the phrase, "sotto voce," it means speaking in a low voice, under one's breath.<br />
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'''Oxbridge Quadrivium-Trivium'''<br /><br />
Oxbridge refers to the two oldest colleges in the U.K., Oxford and Cambridge. The Quadrivium are the four academic subjects of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The Trivium are three disciplines, i.e., grammar, logic, and rhetoric.<br />
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'''hyperthrophied'''<br /><br />
Enlarged through strength training, specific to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_hypertrophy human muscles] (see, contra, ''atrophied'')<br />
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'''insigniated'''<br /><br />
A neologism, meaning infused with insignia (a distinguishing mark or sign, many graphic logos are insignia)<br />
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'''N.A.A.U.P.'''<br /><br />
North American Associaton of University Professors, the presumed follower to the American Assocation of University Professors.<br />
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'''de moi'''<br /><br />
French: from me<br />
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'''"...who use whomsoever as a subject..."'''<br /><br />
"Whosoever" would be the proper subjective form of this word. Hal is saying that the Deans, even with their limited grammatical abilities, would find the recent essays appalling. <br />
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'''hip-shot'''<br /><br />
one hip lower than the other <br />
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'''capillary webs'''<br /><br />
The smallest networks of blood vessels, where arteries turn into veins<br />
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'''defacatory'''<br /><br />
As if eliminating solid bodily waste<br />
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'''Don''' <br /><br />
A mafia boss<br />
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'''RICO'''<br /><br />
An acronym for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a statute used primarily to charge organized crime figures in criminal conspiracies.<br />
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'''vortexing''' <br /> <br />
whirling <br />
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'''nepotistic''' <br /><br />
relating to the practice of favoring relatives or friends <br />
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'''Brewster's-Angle light'''<br /><br />
Named for Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish scientist; the angle at which non-polarized light striking a surface will reflect polarized light. Presumably a desk lamp is positioned at such an angle. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle more].<br />
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'''Weston'''<br /><br />
A suburb of Boston, about 17 miles west of the city<br />
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'''Orin'''<br /><br />
Hal's older brother and the middle name of Hal & Orin's father, James O. Incandenza, literally "a tree" or "pale."<br />
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'''Rototiller'''<br /><br />
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_tiller rotary tiller]<br />
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'''Pooh-wear'''<br /><br />
Children's clothing bearing Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon images or graphics, presumably pajamas in this instance<br />
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[[Image:poohwear.jpg|thumb|Pooh-wear Pajamas|right]]<br />
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'''hirsute'''<br /><br />
hairy<br />
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'''presbyopic'''<br /><br />
Literally "old-eyed," this is the inability to focus one's eyes as one grows older<br />
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'''Rototrembling'''<br /><br />
A Wallace neologism (and portmanteaux) to describe the effects (shaking hands) of prolonged operation of a Rototiller<br />
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'''caustic'''<br /><br />
adj., biting, stinging, sarcastic<br />
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'''plumb'''<br /><br />
adj., straight or true; in line with<br />
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'''ideogram'''<br /><br />
an idea represented by a shape, e.g., a stop sign, known by its eight-sided configuration<br />
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'''Kirkegaard'''<br /><br />
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher and one of the progenitors of existential philosophy<br />
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'''Camus'''<br /><br />
Albert Camus was a 20th century Algerian-born French author of existentialist texts.<br />
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'''Dennis Gabor'''<br /><br />
Dennis Gabor, born Gábor Dénes, was a 20th century Hungarian physicist who invented holography, for which he received the Nobel Prize.<br />
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'''"...Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror..."'''<br /><br />
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was a British philosopher and author of <i>Leviathan</i>. In it, he suggests that the only escape from living in a state of nature that is "solitary, nasty, brutish, and short" is to build societies. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was the Swiss-French philosopher who wrote <i>The Social Contract,</i> in which he advances the same argument but idealizes the state of nature.<br />
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'''Hegel'''<br /><br />
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a highly influential German philosopher.<br />
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'''creatus'''<br /><br />
Latin for "creation," the line over the a indicates the vowel is pronounced as in "hate" rather than in "father."<br />
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'''pinion'''<br /><br />
v. tr., "To restrain or immobilize (a person) by binding the arms" (''thefreedictionary.com'')<br />
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'''parquet'''<br /><br />
an in-laid wood pattern, often a block-pattern, typically in flooring<br />
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'''Nunn Bush'''<br /><br />
A brand of shoes, generally pricey.<br />
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'''half nelson'''<br /><br />
a wrestling hold with the offensive competitor's arm wrapped under the opponent's arm and over the opponent's neck from behind, allowing an opponent to be immobilized or levered from behind<br />
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'''Heimlich'''<br /><br />
The Heimlich maneuver, named for contemporary American physician Henry Jay Heimlich, dislodges food from a choking person's trachea by applying sharp pressure to the abdomen.<br />
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'''pases'''<br /><br />
This is the plural of <i>pase</i>, a Spanish word used in bullfighting to denote the movement of the matador's cape in drawing in the bull.<br />
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'''supine'''<br /><br />
lying on one's back<br />
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'''enfilade'''<br /><br />
a word used to denote a type of military gunfire. A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapons fire can be directed along its length. For instance, a column of marching troops is enfiladed if fired on from the front rather than the side.<br />
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<div id="whataburger">'''Whataburger'''</div> [[Image:What.jpg|thumb|100px|Whataburger logo|right]]<br />
Synechdoche for the the fictional "WhataBurger Southwest Junior Invitational," an annual juniors' tennis tournament held in the novel in Tucson, AZ. (A Corpus Christi invention, [http://www.whataburger.com/ Whataburger®] is a well-established local burger chain in Pheonix (with 28 franchisees in AZ in 2009) but whose real fan base hails from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Pre-European_era Texas].)<br />
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'''espadrilles'''<br /><br />
shoes popular in Latin American with rope for soles<br />
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'''leonine'''<br /><br />
lion-like<br />
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'''cirri'''<br /><br />
plural of cirrus, a type of cloud<br />
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'''martinet'''<br /><br />
a strict disciplinarian<br />
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'''ultra-mach'''<br /><br />
Named for Ernst Mach (1838-1916), a Bohemian-Austrian physicist, the mach unit is a unit for the speed of sound. "Ultra-mach" would apply to a plane flying at several times the speed of sound.<br />
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'''barnwood'''<br /><br />
This word refers to "aged and weathered boards, esp. those salvaged from dismantled barns" (<i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary</i>).<br />
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'''starboard list'''<br /><br />
Employing the nautical term for "right" (starboard), the woman referred to tends to move right as she tries to move forward.<br />
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'''gigantism'''<br /><br />
excessive or abnormally large growth in humans, also ''giantism''<br />
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'''parodic'''<br /><br />
having the qualities of a parody<br />
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'''infantophile'''<br /><br />
one subject to infantophilia (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantophilia#Diagnosis pedophilia]), but may simply reference the earlier Inner Infant group<br />
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'''incisionish'''<br /><br />
a neologism meaning "of or like an incision"<br />
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'''hypophalangial'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism describing a smallness or absence of fingers or hands<br />
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'''Himself's'''<br /><br />
An Incandenza family nickname for Hal's father, James O. Incandenza; the first reference to James O. Incandenza in the novel<br />
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'''"...Donald Gately and I dig up my father's head..."'''<br /><br />
See <i>Hamlet</i>, Act Five, Scene One.<br />
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'''Venus Williams'''<br /><br />
At the time this novel was published, Venus Williams would have been sixteen years old.<br />
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'''Dymphna'''<br /><br />
Dymphna was a 7th century Irish saint. Her feast day is May 15. She is the patron saint of mental illness professionals, epilectics, and the mentally ill, among others.<br />
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'''Petropolis Kahn'''<br /><br />
<i>Petropolis</i> is Greek for "city of stone" or "city of Peter." Petrópolis is a city in Brazil near Rio de Janeiro. A treaty was signed there on November 11, 1903, ending hostilities between Bolivia and Brazil.<br />
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"Kahn" is a variant on the Jewish name for a priest, i.e., <i>kohen</i>.<br />
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'''etiology'''<br /><br />
the cause of a disease<br />
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'''Socratic method'''<br />
a technique of teaching by asking students questions, attributed to Socrates' pedagogy in ancient Greece<br />
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'''<i>O.E.D. VI</i>'s count'''<br /><br />
This is a reference to the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, sixth edition.<br />
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'''nonarchaic'''<br /><br />
still in use, as distinct from those dictionary words considered archaic and not part of the modern language<br />
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'''Latinate'''<br /><br />
deriving from Latin<br />
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'''Saxonic'''<br /><br />
deriving from Old English<br />
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'''quick-bit'''<br /><br />
Wallace neologism for "bitten to the quick", as in nails gnawed down to where they emerged from the fingertips<br />
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'''jou'''<br /><br />
the sound of a Spanish-speaker's pronunciation of "you"<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]<br />
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'''200 grams'''<br /><br />
a little over seven ounces<br />
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'''"...using just audio..."'''<br /><br />
The implication here is that in the time of the book, there are videophones.<br />
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'''Allston'''<br /><br />
A part of Boston proper, west of downtown and across the Charles river from Cambridge. The fictional Enfield most likely occupies part of what is in reality Allston.<br />
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'''high-resin dope'''<br /><br />
generally high-quality marijuana, containing a high volume of resins where THC in marijuana plants is produced<br />
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'''harelip'''<br /><br />
vernacular, arguably offensive, term for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip_and_palate cleft lip]<br />
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'''TP'''<br /><br />
"Teleputer", as used elsewhere in the text. Assumed to be a hybridized communications/entertainment device.<br />
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'''"own marijuana"'''<br /><br />
to become master over one's addiction, in this case, to end the addiction to marijuana<br />
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'''modem'''<br /><br />
used as a verb, communicating with the office via modem, an early but ubiquitous tool for transmitting data between servers and client/servers.<br />
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'''e-note'''<br /><br />
electronic note, likely not a literal reference to an actual electronic communication, conceived in the pre-Internet era<br />
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'''Mountie'''<br /><br />
a member of the [http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police], their equivalent of the FBI<br />
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'''Porter Square, Cambridge'''<br /><br />
a neighborhood of Cambridge bordering on Somerville, about a mile from [http://www.tufts.edu/ Tufts University], which is on the Somerville/Medford border<br />
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'''convulsive'''<br /><br />
Experiencing convulsions, violent involuntary physical shaking<br />
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'''Wedekind festival'''<br /><br />
This would presumably be a festival celebrating the plays of German playwright Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (1864-1914), a proto-expressionist.<br />
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'''rapacious'''<br /><br />
greedy and forceful in capturing and consuming<br />
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'''pleurisy'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the pleurae, the membranes surrounding the lungs<br />
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'''Interlace viewer'''<br /><br />
A television-based home entertainment system, ubiquitous in the time the novel is set, which plays copy-protected "cartridges" custom-ordered by viewers, invented by [[L#"Lace"|Noreen Lace-Forché]]<br />
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'''raptly'''<br /><br />
with intense attention to<br />
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'''cartridge'''<br /><br />
See ''Interlace viewer'', above<br />
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'''debauch'''<br /><br />
an episode of debauchery, engaging in excessive, pleasure-seeking, often sexual- or drug/alcohol-related<br />
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'''120 grams'''<br /><br />
about 4.2 ounces<br />
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'''debased'''<br /><br />
of low character and lacking integrity<br />
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'''Tito Puente'''<br /><br />
[http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/tito_puente/ Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr.], an internationally known Puerto Rican jazz musician.<br />
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'''Marlborough Street'''<br /><br />
Marlborough Street runs through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston,_Massachusetts Back Bay] area of Boston.<br />
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'''appropriation'''<br /><br />
taking something as one's own, without permission<br />
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'''methamphetamine hydrochloride'''<br /><br />
As the endnote on p. 983 tells us, this the chemical name for crystal meth. Calling to mind that <i>Infinite Jest</i> was published in 1996, don't think crystal meth is a new phenomenon.<br />
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'''pastiche'''<br /><br />
a mixture of varying style or content<br />
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'''magisculed'''<br /><br />
typo or intentional misspelling of ''majuscule'', an initial capital letter, often large-type to introduce a section of written material; Wallace's use of the noun in a verb form is likely a neologism (especially if the alternate spelling is retained)<br />
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'''50 grams'''<br /><br />
about 1.75 ounces<br />
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'''hydroponic'''<br /><br />
grown in water without soil<br />
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'''stein'''<br /><br />
a drinking mug<br />
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'''E.W.D. land barge'''<br /><br />
perhaps "Enfield Waste Disposal"; a garbage truck<br />
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'''phallocentric'''<br /><br />
biased from a male point of view<br />
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'''half a meter'''<br /><br />
nearly 20 inches<br />
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'''carb'''<br /><br />
Short for "carburetor," just as the carburetor in an internal combustion engine mixes air with gas to allow combustion, the carburetor on a water pipe allows one to draw air in with marijuana smoke.<br />
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'''oblique'''<br /><br />
slanted, like an acute or obtuse angle, not a right-angle<br />
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'''teleputer'''<br /><br />
Combination television and computer, generic term for an Interlace player, see also [[T#"TP"|TP]]<br />
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'''jibe'''<br /><br />
correspond with; match up<br />
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'''oblique'''<br /><br />
indirect or dishonest<br />
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'''desiccated'''<br /><br />
dried out <br />
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