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=More With Gately in the Hospital=

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'''Spam''' 
a brand of spiced ham

'''tallly insubstantial ghostish figure''' 
'tall' used adverbially with 3 successive "L"s. cute.

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'''phantasms''' 
apparitions or specters

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'''quanta''' 
plural of quantum, an indivisible entity of energy

'''Heisenbergian''' 
Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) was a German physicist and one of the fathers of quantum mechanics.

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'''velour''' 
a felt that looks like velvet

'''''ACCIACCATURA''''' 
Comes from the Italian verb acciaccare, "to crush". The acciaccatura (sometimes called ''short appoggiatura'') is perhaps best thought of as a shorter, less melodically significant, variant of the ''long appoggiatura'', where the delay of the principal note is scarcely perceptible – theoretically subtracting no time at all." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acciaccatura#Acciaccatura Wikipedia])

'''''ALEMBIC''''' 
a device used for distillation made up of a tube connecting two containers

'''''LATRODECTUS MACTANS''''' 
"'''''Latrodectus mactans''''', the '''(southern) Black widow''', is a highly venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. They are well known for the distinctive black and red coloring of the female of the species and for the fact that she will occasionally eat her mate after reproduction. The species is native to the United States of America and Mexico. The female black widow's venom is particularly harmful to humans (males almost never bite humans). The injection of venom from these species is a comparatively dangerous or lethal bite." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_mactans Wikipedia])

'''''NEUTRAL DENSITY POINT''''' 
it's not clear what this refers to, but it's quite possible it refers to a concept in optics similar to the concept applied in a Neutral Density Filter, given ''Infinite Jest'''s optics motif. 
"In photography and optics, a neutral density filter or ND filter can be colorless (clear) or grey filter. An ideal neutral density filter reduces and/or modifies intensity of all wavelengths or colors of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition. 
The purpose of standard photographic neutral density filters is to allow the photographer greater flexibility to change the aperture, exposure time and/or blur of subject in different situations and atmospheric conditions." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_density_filter Wikipedia])

'''''CHIAROSCURO''''' 
a term originally used in drawing and painting, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro chiaroscuro] is also used in photography and cinematography for techniques of contrasting light and dark

'''''PROPRIOCEPTION''''' 
the sense of the relative position of the parts of the body

'''''TESTUDO''''' 
Latin for "tortoise." May refer to a genus of tortoises, a type of harp, or a military formation.

'''''ANNULATE''''' 
Having or consisting of rings or ringlike segments.

'''''BRICOLAGE''''' 
the creation of an artistic work from a diverse range of things that are around

'''''CATALEPT''''' 
a person suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalepsy catalepsy], a condition of rigidity and unresponsiveness

'''''GERRYMANDER''''' 
the breaking up of territory into electoral districts so that one political party has a majority in as many districts as possible

'''''SCOPOPHILIA''''' 
Translation of the Freudian notion of ''Schaulust'', "pleasure in looking," in the sense of both seeing and being seen, as well as "curiosity." Freud distinguished between two frequently encountered forms of this partial drive: one active, "voyeurism," and the other passive, "exhibitionism," neither of which he would necessarily rank among perversions.

'''''LAERTES''''' 
a character from ''Hamlet'' who blames Hamlet for the deaths of his father and sister (Polonius and Ophelia), and seeks to avenge them by killing Hamlet with a poisoned sword

'''''EXTRUDING''''' 
to push or thrust out

'''''STRIGIL''''' 
"A strigil was a small, curved, metal tool used in ancient Greece and Rome to scrape dirt and sweat from the body before effective soaps became available." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil Wikipedia])

'''''LORDOSIS''''' 
a condition where a person has a forward-curving spine

'''''IMPOST''''' 
a tax or duty that is imposed - this word was use by Tiny Ewell while he was speaking to (or rather, at) Gately on page 815

'''''SINISTRAL''''' 
left-handed

'''''MENISCUS''''' 
A concavo-convex lens, or other crescent-shaped body.

'''''CHRONAXY''''' 
"In the mathematical description of the functioning of the nervous system, the chronaxie (or chronaxy) is the minimum time over which an electric current double the strength of the rheobase needs to be applied, in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronaie Wikipedia])

'''''POOR YORICK''''' 

The (dead) jester in Hamlet. The quote referred to is by Hamlet, holding Yorick's skull after Yorick's remains are uncovered: 'Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest'

'''''LUCULUS''''' 
Lucullus (two l's) was a Roman general of antiquity ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucullus Wikipedia])

'''''MONTCLAIR''''' 
the model of car owned by James Incandenza's father, Mario

'''''DE SICA''''' 
Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974) was an Italian filmmaker, probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/ The Bicycle Thief].

'''''NEO-REAL''''' 
"Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors. Italian neorealist films mostly contend with the difficult economical and moral conditions of post-World War II Italy, reflecting the changes in the Italian psyche and the conditions of everyday life: poverty and desperation." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism Wikipedia])

'''''CRANE DOLLY''''' 
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_dolly camera dolly] with a crane that holds the camera.

'''''CIRCUMAMBIENTFOUNDDRAMALEVIRATEMARIAGE''''' 
Circumambient means walking around. "Found Drama" was one of James Incandenza's contributions to film artistic history. Levirate marriage is a tradition in several cultures whereby the younger brother of a deceased man marries the dead brother's widow.

'''''HELIATED''''' 
When someone inhales helium, their voice becomes high-pitched.

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'''shinola''' 
a now-defunct brand of mid-20th century shoe polish, preserved in the expression, "You don't know shit from Shinola."

'''epiphanyish''' 
An [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany epiphany] is a divine manifestation, or by extension, a sudden, deep insight.

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'''Vertical Hold''' 
refers to a setting on a television that adjusts the picture's vertical stabilization

''''Ren and Stimpy'''' 
the main characters in a once-popular [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_and_Stimpy animated television series]

''''Oo Is 'E When 'E's at 'Ome'''' 
or "Who Is He When He's at Home?", which is apparently a common Irish saying

''''Exposed Northerners'''' 
Wallace is punning on the name of the once-popular television show [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098878/ Northern Exposure].

'''Nom''' 
Gatley means "Norm," as in the ''Cheers'' character "Norm Peterson"; "Nom" is how a North Shore native such as Gately might pronounce the name.

'''fractional''' 
comparatively small or insignificant

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'''''figurants''''' 
performers with no spoken lines

'''''The Sorrow and the Pity''''' 
a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066904/ film] about the Nazi occupation of France

'''Heineken Maneuver''' 
Gately means "Heimlich Maneuver."

'''Schwulst or Altman''' 
The only Schwulst I can find is [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778002/ Lance Schwulst], who is probably not the person referred to. Robert Bernard Altman (1925-2006) was an American filmmaker.

'''agora''' 
a place of congregation, originally marketplaces in Ancient Greece

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'''''DEXTRAL''''' 
right-handed

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'''acerbic''' 
acidic; sharp or biting

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'''shell-game''' 
a con game

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'''Mennonite''' 
an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptist Anabaptist] denomination named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menno_Simons Menno Simons] (1496-1561), a Frisian religious leader

'''avers''' 
declares

'''vapid''' 
lacking liveliness or spirit

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'''packy''' 
short for "package store," a Massachusetts euphemism for "liquor store"

'''pre-metric''' 
in the alternate timeline of ''Infinite Jest'', it's obvious that U.S. Customary systems of measurement are finally abandoned, at some point (perhaps during Reconfiguration), for the global standard of the Metric System (''ed.'': optimism on Wallace's part, one might say) - the weights the M.P. used were marked with U.S. "pounds" (lbs) instead of Metric kilograms (kg).

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'''fencing''' 
to sell stolen goods

'''beeswax''' 
i.e., business

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'''lit''' 
landed

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'''''ü''''' 
a German diphthong, somewhere between /u/ and /ee/

'''''Al-Anon''''' 
Al-Anon/Alateen, Al-Anon Family Groups - support group for families/friends of alcoholics.

[[Image:Stetson.jpg|thumb|caption|Stetson with feather|right|140px]]
'''Stetson w/ feather''' 
Stetson hats or Stetsons refers to the brand of hat manufactered by the John B. Stetson Company of St. Joseph, Missouri. The word 'Stetson' is sometimes used as a genericized term for a cowboy hat. Although the Stetson company makes other styles of brimmed hat, the Stetson name has become synonymous with a style it pioneered, featuring a high crown and wide brim, popularly known as a Cowboy hat. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson Wikipedia]

'''penchant''' 
a predilection

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=November 14th, YDAU - Randy Lenz, back on the streets=

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'''Bishop Allen''' 
Bishop Richard Allen was a former slave and American abolitionist.

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'''promoted''' 
i.e., stolen

'''otiose''' 
of no use

'''chop''' 
helicopter

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'''nonchalant''' 
coolly unconcerned

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'''Yellow Brick Road''' 
a reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ The Wizard of Oz]

'''''abeyant''''' 
dormant, temporarily inactive

=Two Ways of Going=

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'''technical interview''' 
i.e., torture

'''''abeyant''''' 
Not a real French word, it's used here to mean "in abeyance," i.e., suspension of activity

=November 14th, YDAU - Poor Tony runs from Ruth van Cleeve, cont.=

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'''careered''' 
ran at full speed

'''veronica''' 
a bullfighting maneuver where the matador swings his cape away from the charging bull

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'''jay-ran''' 
punning on "jaywalk," it means running across the street not at a corner

'''feinted''' 
acted in a way to cause a diversion

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'''''zuckung''''' 
German: convulsion

'''Aigners''' 
a Parisian brand of fine shoes, handbags, etc. - in this case it appears to be in reference to shoes

'''stitch''' 
the very least bit

'''ON PARLE LE PORTUGAIS ICI''' 
French: Portuguese spoken here

'''chignon''' 
a roll of hair at the back of the head or nape of the neck

=AFR at Antitoi's=

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'''sartorially''' 
with regard to dress

==Endnote 300==

'''café au lait''' 
hot coffee served with an equal amount of hot milk

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'''Glen Almond''' 
a section of Québec City

'''''coffre d'amas''''' 
French: waste basket

'''RELACHE''' 
French: relax

'''IL NE FAUT PLUS QU'ON PURSUIVE LE BONHEUR''' 
French: It is no longer necessary to pursue happiness

'''Tassigny''' 
This character's name is perhaps taken from Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), a French military hero of WWII.

'''EEG''' 
electroencephalogram

'''''Donc. D'accord.''''' 
French: So. Okay.

==Endnote 301==

'''M.B.A.''' 
Master's of Business Administration''' 
'''litigatory''' 
having to do with legal proceedings

'''OS''' 
operating system

==Page 722 (cont'd)==

'''''frappe''''' 
French: punch or kick

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'''U.S.B.S.S.''' 
probably United States Bureau of Special Services

=A Moment With Fortier=

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'''perambulation''' 
walking

=November 14th, YDAU - Joelle's Teeth=

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'''selvage''' 
the edge of a fabric

'''lampblack''' 
A pigment taken from oil resin, football players wear it below their eyes.

'''canines''' 
the eye teeth

=A.F.R. at Antitoi's, after locating the copy=

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'''embossed''' 
decorated with a raised design

==Page 725==

'''Desjardins''' 
A fairly popular French surname, it may have been inspired here by Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins (1854-1920), Québecois founder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desjardins_Group Desjardins Group].

'''''Bôf''''' 
an interjection in French expressing lack of interest

==Page 726==

'''"...an employee at the Academy of Tennis..."''' 
This would very likely be Poutrincourt.

'''Mlle. Luria P----''' 
This would very likely be the "Swiss" Girl Orin is sleeping with.

'''alacrity''' 
willingness; quickness

'''''demi-maisons''''' 
French: a created word for half-way houses.

'''25-km.''' 
about 15.5 miles

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'''orthopedic saw''' 
a saw used to cut bones

'''econometrics''' 
the application of quantitative and statistical methods to the study of economics

'''''de coeur''''' 
French: of the heart

'''''c'est ça''''' 
French: that's that

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'''sybaritically''' 
in the manner of one who engages in sensual pleasure

=Lenz Still on the Prowl=

==Page 728==

'''Sterno''' 
a brand of denatured and jellied alcohol used for cooking, as well as drinking by many street alcoholics

'''Kryptonite''' 
either a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite_lock Kryptonite lock] or a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite Kryptonite] of ''Superman'' fame

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'''extruding''' 
i.e., exuding

'''agnate''' 
Maybe he means "argot"?

'''fence''' 
to sell stolen goods

=Marathe at Ennet House=

==Page 729==

'''thrift''' 
frugality

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'''''de l'infere''''' 
probably a Québecois expression, it sounds like the French for "from Hell"

'''''inutile''''' 
useless

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'''cheesecloth''' 
lightweight cotton of open texture

'''velour''' 
a felt made to resemble velvet

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'''I-93''' 
Interstate 93 runs from St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Canton, Mass., just outside Boston.

'''Lac de Deux Montaignes''' 
French: Lake of Two Mountains — near Montreal

'''''Le Culte du Prochain Train''''' 
French: Cult of the Next Train

==Endnote 304==

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'''Levi #501''' 
once-popular button-fly jeans by Levi Strauss

'''Trans-3-methyl-2 hexenoic acid''' 
Apparently this acid is indeed higher in the sweat of schizophrenics.

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'''''Potable''''' 
It does mean "drinkable" in English.

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=November 14th, YDAU - Randy Lenz, back on the streets=

==Page 716==

'''Bishop Allen''' 
Bishop Richard Allen was a former slave and American abolitionist.

==Page 717==

'''promoted''' 
i.e., stolen

'''otiose''' 
of no use

'''chop''' 
helicopter

==Page 718==

'''nonchalant''' 
coolly unconcerned

==Page 719==

'''Yellow Brick Road''' 
a reference to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ The Wizard of Oz]

'''''abeyant''''' 
dormant, temporarily inactive

=Two Ways of Going=

==Page 719==

'''technical interview''' 
i.e., torture

'''''abeyant''''' 
Not a real French word, it's used here to mean "in abeyance," i.e., suspension of activity

=November 14th, YDAU - Poor Tony runs from Ruth van Cleeve, cont.=

==Page 719==

'''careered''' 
ran at full speed

'''veronica''' 
a bullfighting maneuver where the matador swings his cape away from the charging bull

==Page 720==

'''jay-ran''' 
punning on "jaywalk," it means running across the street not at a corner

'''feinted''' 
acted in a way to cause a diversion

==Page 721==

'''''zuckung''''' 
German: convulsion

'''Aigners''' 
a Parisian brand of fine shoes, handbags, etc. - in this case it appears to be in reference to shoes

'''stitch''' 
the very least bit

'''ON PARLE LE PORTUGAIS ICI''' 
French: Portuguese spoken here

'''chignon''' 
a roll of hair at the back of the head or nape of the neck

=AFR at Antitoi's=

==Page 721==

'''sartorially''' 
with regard to dress

==Endnote 300==

'''café au lait''' 
hot coffee served with an equal amount of hot milk

==Page 722==

'''Glen Almond''' 
a section of Québec City

'''''coffre d'amas''''' 
French: waste basket

'''RELACHE''' 
French: relax

'''Tassigny''' 
This character's name is perhaps taken from Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), a French military hero of WWII.

'''EEG''' 
electroencephalogram

'''''Donc. D'accord.''''' 
French: So. Okay.

==Endnote 301==

'''M.B.A.''' 
Master's of Business Administration''' 
'''litigatory''' 
having to do with legal proceedings

'''OS''' 
operating system

==Page 722 (cont'd)==

'''''frappe''''' 
French: punch or kick

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'''U.S.B.S.S.''' 
probably United States Bureau of Special Services

=A Moment With Fortier=

==Page 723==

'''perambulation''' 
walking

=November 14th, YDAU - Joelle's Teeth=

==Page 723==

==Page 724==

'''selvage''' 
the edge of a fabric

'''lampblack''' 
A pigment taken from oil resin, football players wear it below their eyes.

'''canines''' 
the eye teeth

=A.F.R. at Antitoi's, after locating the copy=

==Page 724==

'''embossed''' 
decorated with a raised design

==Page 725==

'''Desjardins''' 
A fairly popular French surname, it may have been inspired here by Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins (1854-1920), Québecois founder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desjardins_Group Desjardins Group].

'''''Bôf''''' 
an interjection in French expressing lack of interest

==Page 726==

'''"...an employee at the Academy of Tennis..."''' 
This would very likely be Poutrincourt.

'''Mlle. Luria P----''' 
This would very likely be the "Swiss" Girl Orin is sleeping with.

'''alacrity''' 
willingness; quickness

'''''demi-maisons''''' 
French: a created word for half-way houses.

'''25-km.''' 
about 15.5 miles

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'''orthopedic saw''' 
a saw used to cut bones

'''econometrics''' 
the application of quantitative and statistical methods to the study of economics

'''''de coeur''''' 
French: of the heart

'''''c'est ça''''' 
French: that's that

==Page 728==

'''sybaritically''' 
in the manner of one who engages in sensual pleasure

=Lenz Still on the Prowl=

==Page 728==

'''Sterno''' 
a brand of denatured and jellied alcohol used for cooking, as well as drinking by many street alcoholics

'''Kryptonite''' 
either a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite_lock Kryptonite lock] or a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite Kryptonite] of ''Superman'' fame

==Page 729==

'''extruding''' 
i.e., exuding

'''agnate''' 
Maybe he means "argot"?

'''fence''' 
to sell stolen goods

=Marathe at Ennet House=

==Page 729==

'''thrift''' 
frugality

==Page 730==

'''''de l'infere''''' 
probably a Québecois expression, it sounds like the French for "from Hell"

'''''inutile''''' 
useless

==Page 731==

'''cheesecloth''' 
lightweight cotton of open texture

'''velour''' 
a felt made to resemble velvet

==Page 732==

'''I-93''' 
Interstate 93 runs from St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Canton, Mass., just outside Boston.

'''Lac de Deux Montaignes''' 
French: Lake of Two Mountains — near Montreal

'''''Le Culte du Prochain Train''''' 
French: Cult of the Next Train

==Endnote 304==

[[Notes_and_Errata_-_Pages_983-1079#Endnote_304_.C2.B7_The_Train_Game|Notes and Errata - Endnote 304]]

==Page 733==

'''Levi #501''' 
once-popular button-fly jeans by Levi Strauss

'''Trans-3-methyl-2 hexenoic acid''' 
Apparently this acid is indeed higher in the sweat of schizophrenics.

==Page 734==

'''''Potable''''' 
It does mean "drinkable" in English.

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=November 14th, YDAU - Ruth van Cleve & Kate Gompert go for a walk=

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'''catachresis''' 
misuse of words, as in a mixed metaphor

==Page 699 (cont'd)==

'''Norfolk County''' 
a county of Massachusetts bordering Rhode Island to the southwest

''''...operating a pharmaceutical company without a license.'''' 
i.e., he was running a meth lab

==Page 700==

=Troeltsch Gets Ready for Prime Time=

==Page 700==

'''screwed''' 
i.e., left the room

=Pemulis's hiding spot=

==Page 700==

'''drop-ceiling''' 
a ceiling where, instead of meeting sheetrock at the top of the walls, you reach a series of tiles (often fiberglass-filled) that are hung a few inches below the actual ceiling, sometimes for aesthetic reasons, sometimes to facilitate lighting, etc.

=Lyle meditates=

==Page 700==

'''hovers''' 
hangs in air

=Mario and Schtitt go to get confections=

==Page 701==

'''sidecar''' 
a passenger car for a motorcycle, usually to the side of the cycle driver

=The Moms Makes a Phone Call=

==Page 701==

'''stern''' 
i.e., the back end

=More With Hal Watching Himself's Movies/Segue to Addiction=

==Page 701==

'''wimple''' 
a cloth that goes over the head, frames the face, and is tucked under the chin, worn by nuns

'''in violent medias res''' 
''In medias res'' is Latin for "in the middle of the thing, meaning, like many epic poems, the work begins in the middle of the story (e.g., the ''Iliad'' begins nine years into a ten-year war).

'''recumbency''' 
here used to mean something one can lie down on

'''rheostat''' 
another name for a "variable resistor," which is something that alters the value of a circuit without interrupting it - in this case, this is in reference to a light switch with a dial, which allows for dimming the lights

'''50-point''' 
THIS BIG compared to the usual 12pt font.

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'''emetics''' 
drugs designed to make one vomit

'''descant''' 
an ornamental melody or counterpoint sung or played above a theme

'''banks''' 
to make something glance off a surface, here a spoon

==Page 703==

'''hanuman''' 
a monkey held sacred in India

==Endnote 288==

'''The Continent's Best Yogurt''' 
It actually stands for "The Country's Best Yogurt," but given the formation of O.N.A.N., the change seems fitting if not necessary.

==Page 703 (cont'd)==

'''cognoscenti''' 
people having superior knowledge

'''wont''' 
accustomed

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'''Langesque''' 
in the style of Fritz Lang

'''tremulous''' 
fearful and shaking

'''Indian-style''' 
in the lotus position of yoga

==Page 705==

'''novenas''' 
In Roman Catholicism, a novena is a devotion or set of prayers said over nine days.

'''crank cocaine''' 
Methamphetamine and cocaine (the use of ether and baking soda implies freebase cocaine and crack cocaine, respectively; both of these freebase products are water insoluble and therefore cannot be introduced to the bloodstream via injection or snorting).

'''stelliform''' 
star shaped

'''coiffure''' 
hairdo

==Endnote 290==

'''stock''' 
commonplace

==Page 705 (cont'd)==

'''matins and vespers''' 
two of the nine prayer services a day in Catholic abbeys and monasteries

'''Trappists''' 
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trappists Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance], who do not, by the way, all take vows of silence

'''montage''' 
a type of film sequence where a period of time is covered in short order with short (a few seconds) scenes, usually over music

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'''Promethean''' 
boldly original

''''Getting to Know You'''' 
from ''The King and I''

'''saccharine''' 
sickeningly sweet

'''Lorimar's ''Dynasty''''' 
Lorimar was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorimar production company] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081856/ Dynasty] a prime-time soap opera that aired in the 1980s.

'''shibboleths''' 
Shibboleth is any language usage indicative of one's social or regional origin, or more broadly, any practice that identifies members of a group. (see [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2012:4%E2%80%936&version=9 Judges 12:4-6]); [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth Wikipedia]

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==Endnote 291==

'''aperture''' 
a small opening

==Page 707 (cont'd)==

'''catexic''' 
this is likely a misspelling of "cathexic," which means "emotionally charged."

==Endnote 292==

==Endnote 292a==

'''covalence-hungry isotopes''' 
Isotopes of certain atoms combine with others to form covalent bonds.

'''gnomes''' 
aphorisms

'''Waterloo''' 
a city in Belgium where Napoleon suffered his final defeat — the term has come to mean "final defeat"

==Page 707 (cont'd)==

'''sloe''' 
likely refers to a type of North American plum tree, which can produce dark purple, yellow, or red fruit, depending on the sub-type of tree

'''tannin''' 
vegetable compounds tending to have a red color

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'''Raytheon''' 
a major American defense contractor

'''float''' 
i.e., the money keeping them afloat (figuratively)

'''rye''' 
whiskey made from rye grain

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'''Ford Mystique''' 
See one [http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jc/95-99mystique.htm here].

'''pluck''' 
resourceful daring in the face of great difficulty

==Endnote 294==

'''apostrophe''' 
direct address of an absent person, in rhetoric

==Page 710==

'''autodidactic''' 
self-taught

'''Logan''' 
the major airport of Boston

==Page 711==

=''Blood Sister'' Synopsis Continued=

==Page 711==

'''novitiate''' 
a novice of a religious order

'''recidivism''' 
the state of falling back into a life of crime

'''de-mufflering''' 
removing the muffler from her motorcycle, thus making it extra loud

'''Harley Hawg''' 
a repetition in terms

'''jiggers''' 
about an ounce and a half of liquor

==Endnote 296==

'''ferric oxide''' 
i.e., iron oxide, or rust

'''F/X''' 
a show business term for special effects

==Page 711 (cont'd)==

'''inimical''' 
adverse in tendency or effect

'''accretes''' 
increases

'''censer''' 
a device for burning incense, especially in religious services

'''mace''' 
a medieval weapon, basically consisting of a stick with a ball covered with spikes at the end

'''verger''' 
a church official, such as a caretaker

==Page 712==

'''Marseillese''' 
more properly ''Marseillaise'', i.e., from Marseilles, France

'''octogenarian''' 
in one's eighties

'''Confiteor''' 
a penitent prayer said by Roman Catholics

==Endnote 297==

'''cowled''' 
hooded

==Page 712 (cont'd)==

'''Kabuki''' 
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki Japanese theater]

'''habitements''' 
a neologism, probably just referring to the habits the nuns wear

==Page 713==

'''Champlain-era''' 
of the era of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain Samuel de Champlain]

'''Huron''' 
the more common name for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron Wyandot Indians]

'''mahogany Christian object''' 
i.e., the aforementioned crucifix

'''lapsarian''' 
another neologism, probably referring to lapsing, as with one's faith

'''obeisance''' 
a bow symbolizing obedience

'''nave''' 
the part of the church with the pews on either side, facing the altar but not on the altar

'''"...with a sword and a plowshare..."''' 
A plowshare is the cutting part of a plow; the reference is from [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%202:4;&version=9; Isaiah 2:4]

==Page 714==

'''Smothergill''' 
i.e., Phillip T. Smothergill, the former E.T.A. who starred in Himself's movies and whose name Hal couldn't remember

=Kate & Ruth Continued=

==Page 714==

'''gargoyle''' 
a small statue of a monster used to adorn churches and other buildings to ward off evil

==Page 715==

'''deft''' 
dexterous or nimble

'''mafun ho''' 
i.e., mother-fucking whore

==Page 716==

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==Page 589==

'''Revelation of John''' 
the last book of the Bible

'''Dysautonomia''' 
any disease or malfunction of the central nervous system

==Page 590==

'''XL''' 
extra-large

'''preverbally''' 
before speaking

==Page 591==

'''''ONE DAY A''''' 
"One Day at a Time," an AA slogan

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Wonderchicken]]

==Page 592==

==Page 593==

'''Rindge and Latin School''' 
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School - the only public high school in Cambridge MA.

=Life as an Ennet House Staff Member=

==Page 593==

'''picayune''' 
petty

'''lithium''' 
used to treat bipolar disorder

'''Sylvia Plate''' 
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was an American poet and suicide.

==Page 594==

'''narc''' 
a narcotics officer

'''verbatim''' 
word for word

==Page 595==

==Page 596==

=Orin & the "Swiss" hand model, cont.=

==Page 596==

'''tamping''' 
packing down the tobacco

==Page 597==

'''cuckolds''' 
men whose wives cheat on them

'''zaftig''' 
a Yiddish word meaning, roughly, "voluptuous"

'''pectorals''' 
chest muscles

==Page 598==

''''Plus or minus three percent sample.'''' 
This is the margin of error on the supposed survey Orin is about to take.

==Page 599==

'''CO2''' 
a misprint, likely, for CO2, i.e., carbon dioxide

'''omnissent''' 
Orin means "omniscient."

'''Schmeisser GBF''' 
Schmeisser doesn't appear to be a gun manufacturer anymore, but it was in Germany until the fall of the Third Reich. GBF may stand for "German Battle Force."

'''retromandibular''' 
behind the lower jaw

'''Sermonette''' 
a short sermon

'''Evensong''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Prayer_%28Anglican%29 evening prayer] of the Episcopal church

'''megahertz''' 
a measurement of cycles per second

==Page 600==

'''Actors' Guild''' 
a reference to the [http://www.sag.org/ Screen Actors Guild]

'''Jeannie, Samantha, Sam and Diane, Gilligan, Hawkeye, Hazel, Jed''' 
characters from, respectively, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058815/ ''I Dream of Jeannie''], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057733/ ''Bewitched''], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083399/ ''Cheers''], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057751/ ''Gilligan's Island''], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068098/ ''M*A*S*H''], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054545/ ''Hazel''], and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055662/ ''The Beverly Hillbillies''].

==Page 601==

'''''comme on dit''''' 
French: as they say

=Canadians chase Lenz to Ennet House=

==Page 601==

==Endnote 247==

'''the Hole''' 
prison slang for solitary confinement

==Page 602==

==Endnote 248==

'''Natick''' 
a town in Massachusetts about 20 miles west of Boston

'''third year of [[Subsidized Time]]''' 
i.e., the [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Trial-Sized Dove Bar]]

==Page 603==

'''skivvies''' 
underwear

'''per diem''' 
Latin: per day

'''klaxon''' 
a loud metal horn

==Page 604==

'''idolatry''' 
Gately probably doesn't intend to use this word.

==Page 605==

'''rack''' 
apparently a term for a bed

'''regentrifying''' 
Whereas this word would mean "gentrifying again," Lenz means "regenerating."

'''L-Dopa''' 
abbreviation for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-Dopa levadopa]

'''scrotum-tightening''' 
an epithet first used by James Joyce in ''Ulysses''

==Endnote 252==

'''boilerplate''' 
standard text entered identically, as into contracts

==Page 606==

'''Duster''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Duster Plymouth Duster]

'''lacteal''' 
milky

'''rear-mount engine''' 
all Volkswagen bugs have rear-mounted engines

'''prostrate''' 
lying flat on the ground (or, here, a bed)

'''kosher''' 
Here Gately means it as "OK," whereas this literally means, in Yiddish, "prepared according to Jewish Law" of food.

'''Daytona''' 
i.e., the Daytona 500, a yearly auto race

==Page 607==

'''Simonize''' 
to shine or polish to a high sheen

'''Premium''' 
high-octane gasoline

'''adtorsion''' 
outward rotation of a limb

'''Hoits''' 
i.e., "hurts"

==Page 608==

'''B#''' 
This is a key in music that does not exist. B# is actually C, as there is no black key between B and C on a piano.

==Page 609==

'''imprecating''' 
calling down curses on others

'''in tandem''' 
together as a unit

'''Weaver stance''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_stance popular technique] for firing a handgun

'''Made Guys''' 
members of the Mafia in full standing

'''at bay''' 
facing attackers

==Page 610==

'''wicks''' 
draws off (liquid) by capillary action

'''dum-dums''' 
bullets that mushroom on impact for maximum bodily damage

==Page 611==

'''Pomade''' 
a substance men used to use to style their hair

==Page 612==

'''''sans-Crist bâtard''''' 
French: Anti-Christ bastard

'''Pépé or Bébé''' 
apparently the name of the dog that Lenz just killed

'''''maricones''''' 
Spanish: homosexuals (note that Brazilians actually speak Portuguese, not Spanish)

'''two meters''' 
about 6.6 feet

'''Canadian''' 
i.e., Québecois French

==Page 613==

'''breezeblocked''' 
a breezeblock is a cinder block

==Page 614==

'''appointments''' 
furnishings

'''ailanthus''' 
a common form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus urban plant]

'''two meters''' 
an apparent exaggeration

==Page 615==

'''winged''' 
shot in the arm

'''three meters''' 
about 9.8 feet

'''Copernicanly''' 
in the manner of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer

'''Serenity Prayer''' 
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

==Page 616==

'''loafers''' 
shoes that slip on, rather than tie with laces

'''desisted''' 
stopped (but Wade McD. probably meant 'deceased')

==Page 617==

''''By doze is fide.'''' 
"My nose is fine" said by someone with a broken nose, i.e., Green

'''Clearasil''' 
a brand name of benzoyl peroxide, for acne

''''I'b dot touchig dothig, dud worry.'''' 
"I'm not touching nothing, don't worry," ditto

'''shock''' 
insufficient blood flow to the body's organs and tissues, often following an injury but sometimes following an emotional shock

==Page 618==

'''Shylock''' 
He means "Sherlock." Shylock is the Jewish "villain" in Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice.''

'''Supervised''' 
on supervised probation

'''Madame Psychosis is in charge.''' 
This is the first time Joelle has been positively ID'ed as M.P.

'''Secyotty!''' 
"Security!" screamed with a thick Boston accent

'''chanties''' 
He means "shanties," i.e., songs.

==Page 619==

'''''oddering''''' 
i.e., ordering

'''collops''' 
rolls of fat

'''fish-eye lens''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish-eye_lens wide-angle lens]

'''And lo''' 
"And lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world" Matthew 28:20

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==Page 508==

==Page 509==

'''Antron''' 
a [http://antron.net/ real company]

'''lividity''' 
brightness of color

'''escutcheon''' 
a shield-shaped emblem

'''premie''' 
born prematurely

'''cumuli''' 
plural of "cumulus," a type of cloud

'''fluffy cumuli arrayed patternlessly against an overenhanced blue sky, incredibly disorienting ... makes him feel high-altitude and disoriented and sometimes plummeting''' 
this pattern appears on the cover of the book

'''D.D.S.''' 
Doctor of Dental Surgery

'''insouciant''' 
blithely unconcerned

==Endnote 209==

'''Brisbane''' 
the capital of the Australian state of Queensland

==Page 510==

'''Mannington''' 
a [http://www.mannington.com/ flooring company]

'''pro bono''' 
without pay

==Page 511==

'''distaff''' 
the female branch or side of the family, the 'family' in this case being ETA

'''Phielyism''' 
this is in reference to coach R. Bill ('Touchy') Phiely on the previous page

'''mnemonic''' 
having to do with memory

'''Brewster's Angle''' 
an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a surface, with no reflection. Read more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle[here]]

'''serrated''' 
having a jagged edge

'''tulle''' 
a fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon

==Page 512==

'''cyanosis''' 
blueness of the skin caused by deoxygenated blood

'''J.D.''' 
Juris Doctor, a law degree

'''Sinistral''' 
left-handed

'''Short Beach CT''' 
a suburb of New Haven, Conn., about seven miles to the southeast

==Page 513==

'''athwart''' 
side by side with

'''THIRD RAIL''' 
In many subway systems (notably New York's), the third rail is the electrified rail that powers the train(s).

'''terry''' 
a pile fabric used to make bath towels and robes

==Page 514==

'''schnauzer''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnauzer breed of dog] notable for its beard-like facial hair

'''I-93''' 
Interstate 93, which runs from St. Johnsbury, Vt., to the suburbs of Boston

'''Neponset''' 
a neighborhood of Boston

==Page 515==

'''Q.v.''' 
abbreviation for the Latin ''quo vide'', meaning "which see"

'''VIII-Amendment''' 
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment.

'''diction''' 
choice of words

'''raison d'être''' 
French: reason for being

==Page 516==

'''O.N.A.N.F.L.''' 
Organization of North American Nations Football League

'''Coatlicue''' 
This is the name of an Aztec goddess, one who gave birth to the moon and stars. The reference here is perhaps to Avril.

'''fulcra''' 
plural of "fulcrum"

'''stadia''' 
plural of "stadium"

'''75-meter''' 
about 246 feet

==Page 517==

'''dot-matrix printer''' 
one of the earliest-generation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_matrix_printer computer printers]

'''Ludditism''' 
a philosophy that is strongly against advances in technology, named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Ludd Ned Ludd]

'''needly sound''' 
Dot-matrix printers are very loud.

==Page 518==

'''Philo IL''' 
town about 150 miles south-southwest of Chicago

'''transverse colon''' 
the part of the large intestine that runs horizontal across the stomach, parallel to the ground

'''2 m.''' 
about 6.6 feet

==Page 519==

'''Dynamic Duo''' 
usually refers to Batman and Robin

==Page 520==

==Page 521==

'''viscera''' 
internal organs

==Page 522==

'''100-mm. rodney''' 
A "rodney" is a cigarette. 100 millimeters is a standard length of a "long" cigarette, and is roughly 4 inches long

==Page 523==

'''Granny Smith''' 
a type of sour, green-skinned apple

'''distended''' 
swollen in the stomach

'''complicit''' 
involved in a plot or scheme

'''ital''' 
italic type

'''Pawtucket''' 
a town in Rhode Island 5 miles north-northeast of Providence

'''A.A.A. baseball''' 
a level of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_league_baseball#AAA minor-league] baseball

==Page 524==

'''M.M.P.I.''' 
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: a common mental health personality test

'''Nunn Bush''' 
A brand of dress shoes

'''Fuck the Core''' 
i.e., fuck the (Marine) Corps

==Page 525==

'''Slobodan''' 
Endnote 221 tells us that this student is Latvian, but this is a Slavic name, and Letts are not Slavs.

'''Auburndale''' 
a suburb about 10 miles west of Boston

'''"...best of British luck to you..."''' 
From ''Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable'' comes this definition: 'Best of British Luck' — an ironic expression of encouragement, implying that the required luck may not materialize... an elaborated form of 'the best of luck.'

'''''Sieg Heil''''' 
German for "Hail, Victory," this phrase was used by the Nazis, particularly with the right-handed upright salute particular to fascists.

==Page 526==

'''respire''' 
to breathe

'''mandible''' 
jawbone

==Page 527==

'''dais''' 
a raised platform, like a lectern, for speaking or presentation

'''seagrass''' 
seaweed that grows in shallow beds

'''ottoman''' 
a footrest that goes with a chair

'''laddered''' 
having a run (in a stocking)

'''sallet''' 
a light helmet, usually with a visor

'''dolefully''' 
in a sorrowful manner

=Pre-dawn & dawn; May 1st, YDAU - Steeply & Marathe discuss myths of deadly pleasure=

==Page 528==

'''St-Rémi-d'Amherst''' 
a town in Québec about 80 miles northwest of Montreal

'''''M-o-r-t-s''''' 
''Morts'' is the French masculine plural for "dead."

==Page 529==

==Endnote 222==

'''cont. id.''' 
probably "contemporary idiomatic" as spelled out in the previous line

'''Basque''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language Basque language], spoken in part of northern Spain and southwestern France, is unrelated to any other European language and possibly any other living language.

'''obstreperous''' 
noisy or hard to control

'''coeval''' 
contemporaneous or equally old

==Page 529 (cont'd)==

'''discomfit''' 
to confuse or disconcert

'''Circe''' 
a goddess from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe Greek mythology]

'''pregnancy by rain''' 
referring to Zeus's seduction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danae Danae]

'''rape by fowl''' 
and Zeus's seduction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_%28mythology%29 Leda]

==Page 530==

'''saguaro cactus''' 
a large, tree-sized species of cactus native to the Sonoran Desert

'''phantom pains''' 
refers to pain common in amputees - also can refer to sensations that the amputated limb is still existent, and painful

'''wens''' 
a harmless cyst, especially on the scalp or face, containing the fatty secretion of a sebaceous gland

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==Page 508==

==Page 509==

'''Antron''' 
a [http://antron.net/ real company]

'''lividity''' 
brightness of color

'''escutcheon''' 
a shield-shaped emblem

'''premie''' 
born prematurely

'''cumuli''' 
plural of "cumulus," a type of cloud

'''fluffy cumuli arrayed patternlessly against an overenhanced blue sky, incredibly disorienting ... makes him feel high-altitude and disoriented and sometimes plummeting''' 
this pattern appears on the cover of the book

'''D.D.S.''' 
Doctor of Dental Surgery

'''insouciant''' 
blithely unconcerned

==Endnote 209==

'''Brisbane''' 
the capital of the Australian state of Queensland

==Page 510==

'''Mannington''' 
a [http://www.mannington.com/ flooring company]

'''pro bono''' 
without pay

==Page 511==

'''distaff''' 
the female branch or side of the family, the 'family' in this case being ETA

'''Phielyism''' 
this is in reference to coach R. Bill ('Touchy') Phiely on the previous page

'''mnemonic''' 
having to do with memory

'''Brewster's Angle''' 
an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a surface, with no reflection. Read more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle[here]]

'''serrated''' 
having a jagged edge

'''tulle''' 
a fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon

==Page 512==

'''cyanosis''' 
blueness of the skin caused by deoxygenated blood

'''J.D.''' 
Juris Doctor, a law degree

'''Sinistral''' 
left-handed

'''Short Beach CT''' 
a suburb of New Haven, Conn., about seven miles to the southeast

==Page 513==

'''athwart''' 
side by side with

'''THIRD RAIL''' 
In many subway systems (notably New York's), the third rail is the electrified rail that powers the train(s).

'''terry''' 
a pile fabric used to make bath towels and robes

==Page 514==

'''schnauzer''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnauzer breed of dog] notable for its beard-like facial hair

'''I-93''' 
Interstate 93, which runs from St. Johnsbury, Vt., to the suburbs of Boston

'''Neponset''' 
a neighborhood of Boston

==Page 515==

'''Q.v.''' 
abbreviation for the Latin ''quo vide'', meaning "which see"

'''VIII-Amendment''' 
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment.

'''diction''' 
choice of words

'''raison d'être''' 
French: reason for being

==Page 516==

'''O.N.A.N.F.L.''' 
Organization of North American Nations Football League

'''Coatlicue''' 
This is the name of an Aztec goddess, one who gave birth to the moon and stars. The reference here is perhaps to Avril.

'''fulcra''' 
plural of "fulcrum"

'''stadia''' 
plural of "stadium"

'''75-meter''' 
about 246 feet

==Page 517==

'''dot-matrix printer''' 
one of the earliest-generation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_matrix_printer computer printers]

'''Ludditism''' 
a philosophy that is strongly against advances in technology, named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Ludd Ned Ludd]

'''needly sound''' 
Dot-matrix printers are very loud.

==Page 518==

'''Philo IL''' 
town about 150 miles south-southwest of Chicago

'''transverse colon''' 
the part of the large intestine that runs horizontal across the stomach, parallel to the ground

'''2 m.''' 
about 6.6 feet

==Page 519==

'''Dynamic Duo''' 
usually refers to Batman and Robin

==Page 520==

==Page 521==

'''viscera''' 
internal organs

==Page 522==

'''100-mm. rodney''' 
A "rodney" is a cigarette. 100 millimeters is a standard length of a "long" cigarette, and is roughly 4 inches long

==Page 523==

'''Granny Smith''' 
a type of sour, green-skinned apple

'''distended''' 
swollen in the stomach

'''complicit''' 
involved in a plot or scheme

'''ital''' 
italic type

'''Pawtucket''' 
a town in Rhode Island 5 miles north-northeast of Providence

'''A.A.A. baseball''' 
a level of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_league_baseball#AAA minor-league] baseball

==Page 524==

'''M.M.P.I.''' 
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: a common mental health personality test

'''Fuck the Core''' 
i.e., fuck the (Marine) Corps

==Page 525==

'''Slobodan''' 
Endnote 221 tells us that this student is Latvian, but this is a Slavic name, and Letts are not Slavs.

'''Auburndale''' 
a suburb about 10 miles west of Boston

'''"...best of British luck to you..."''' 
From ''Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable'' comes this definition: 'Best of British Luck' — an ironic expression of encouragement, implying that the required luck may not materialize... an elaborated form of 'the best of luck.'

'''''Sieg Heil''''' 
German for "Hail, Victory," this phrase was used by the Nazis, particularly with the right-handed upright salute particular to fascists.

==Page 526==

'''respire''' 
to breathe

'''mandible''' 
jawbone

==Page 527==

'''dais''' 
a raised platform, like a lectern, for speaking or presentation

'''seagrass''' 
seaweed that grows in shallow beds

'''ottoman''' 
a footrest that goes with a chair

'''laddered''' 
having a run (in a stocking)

'''sallet''' 
a light helmet, usually with a visor

'''dolefully''' 
in a sorrowful manner

=Pre-dawn & dawn; May 1st, YDAU - Steeply & Marathe discuss myths of deadly pleasure=

==Page 528==

'''St-Rémi-d'Amherst''' 
a town in Québec about 80 miles northwest of Montreal

'''''M-o-r-t-s''''' 
''Morts'' is the French masculine plural for "dead."

==Page 529==

==Endnote 222==

'''cont. id.''' 
probably "contemporary idiomatic" as spelled out in the previous line

'''Basque''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language Basque language], spoken in part of northern Spain and southwestern France, is unrelated to any other European language and possibly any other living language.

'''obstreperous''' 
noisy or hard to control

'''coeval''' 
contemporaneous or equally old

==Page 529 (cont'd)==

'''discomfit''' 
to confuse or disconcert

'''Circe''' 
a goddess from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe Greek mythology]

'''pregnancy by rain''' 
referring to Zeus's seduction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danae Danae]

'''rape by fowl''' 
and Zeus's seduction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_%28mythology%29 Leda]

==Page 530==

'''saguaro cactus''' 
a large, tree-sized species of cactus native to the Sonoran Desert

'''phantom pains''' 
refers to pain common in amputees - also can refer to sensations that the amputated limb is still existent, and painful

'''wens''' 
a harmless cyst, especially on the scalp or face, containing the fatty secretion of a sebaceous gland

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==Page 470==

'''stereotaxy''' 
also known as "stereotaxis," this is three-dimensional brain imaging

'''Elder, Elders''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Olds James Olds], co-discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center#Experiments_on_rodents "pleasure center"]

'''plutonium-239''' 
a fissile isotope of plutonium

'''ablative surgery''' 

a treatment for neurological disorders involving freezing or burning of brain tissue

==Page 471==

'''Q-dopa''' 
not a real neurotransmitter

==Page 472==

'''MK-Ultra''' 
an actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA CIA mind-control experiment] starting in the 1950s and continuing well into the 1960s and possibly 70s

==Endnote 198==

'''''Orlikow et al. v. United States of America''''' 
This was a real case, and you can read the proceedings [http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/orli-01.htm here].

==Page 472 (cont'd)==

'''G.C.''' 
Government of Canada, perhaps

'''M.M.P.I.''' 
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a commonly administered psychological test designed to give an overview of personality, neuroses, etc.

==Page 473==

'''Millon's''' 
the [http://millon.net/instruments/MCMI_III.htm Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III], another psych inventory

'''Approception''' 
apparently not a real test

'''shiatsu''' 
a type of Asian massage

'''weal''' 
prosperity or happiness

'''Turner, Bush, Casey''' 
Admiral Stansfield Turner was head of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. George H.W. Bush (later President) was CIA head from 1976 to 1977. William J. Casey was head from 1981 to 1987.

'''Langley''' 
the town in Virginia where the CIA is headquartered

==Page 474==

'''divans''' 
couches or sofas

'''rutting''' 
heat, i.e., sexual excitement

'''N.S.A.''' 
National Security Agency

'''C7''' 
The C7 is a modified version of the American M-16 combat rifle. It's implied here that C7 was some kind of security apparatus, but there is no evidence that such a body existed.

==Page 475==

=Gately Driving / Antitoi Brothers=

==Page 475==

'''princess-and-pea''' 
a reference to the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," wherein despite several mattresses, a princess can still feel a single pea below her

'''cluster migraines''' 
Cluster headaches and migraines are actually two distinct syndromes.

'''feldspar''' 
a rock-forming mineral

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'''E.R.''' 
Emergency Room

'''CITGO''' 
one of the [http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp major oil] companies

'''70 kph.''' 
about 43.5 miles per hour

'''CVS''' 
a large chain of [http://www.cvs.com/ drugstores]

'''75 k''' 
about 46.6 miles per hour

'''ς''' 
the Greek letter ''sigma'' as it appears in lower case at the ends of words

'''mysticetously''' 
in the manner of a baleen whale

'''cognomen''' 
a descriptive nickname

==Page 477==

'''tallboys''' 

tall 24oz aluminum cans (usually of beer)

'''80 kph''' 
almost 50 miles per hour

'''Berklee School of Music''' 
a real school, one of the highest-prestige [http://www.berklee.edu/ music schools] in the U.S.

==Page 478==

==Endnote 202==

'''argot''' 
slang, jargon

'''Escherian''' 
referring to the work of Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist

==Page 478 (cont'd)==

'''slalom''' 
to zigzag between obstacles

==Page 479==

'''bodegas''' 
a Spanish-owned grocery

'''crèche''' 
a nativity scene

'''propinquous''' 
Probably what's intended is "propinquitous," meaning "proximity" or "nearness."

'''Chickens Fresh Killed Daily''' 
a reference to the prominent 'Live Poultry Fresh Killed' sign of the Mayflower Poultry Company at 621 Cambridge St, East Cambridge about a half a mile from Inman Square. http://bostonist.com/2007/09/07/mayflower_poult.php

'''Ryle's Jazz Club''' 
a reference to Ryles Jazz Club (no apostrophe) in Inman Square, Cambridge at 212 Hampshire Street. http://www.rylesjazz.com/

'''briar pipes''' 
a type of pipe for [http://www.tinderboxinternational.com/briar.htm smoking]

'''60 k''' 
about 37.3 miles per hour

==Page 480==

'''MF''' 
Millennial Fizzy

'''aerodyne''' 
a heavier-than-air aircraft deriving lift from motion

'''viz.''' 
abbreviation for ''videlicet'' (Latin)

'''CQBC''' 
not a real entity, but probably here denoting a French-Canadian radio station

'''monomitotic''' 
"Mitosis" is cell division; "monomitosis" would be the splitting of a cell into a single cell, i.e., not splitting.G

'''Gaspé Peninsula''' 
a [http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/canada/gaspe.html region] in northern Québec

'''''chiens-courants''''' 
French: running dogs

==Page 481==

'''U.S.A. 91''' 
Interstate 91, which runs from New Haven, Conn, to Derby Line, Vt., at the Canadian border

'''Bellow's Falls VT''' 
a town off Route 91, about 70 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

'''paisley''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_%28design%29 popular design] originating in Scotland

'''Nehru jacket''' 
A collarless jacket named for Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), first Prime Minister of India and father of Indira Gandhi

'''''école-spéciale''''' 
French: special school

'''''Va chier, putain!''''' 
French: Piss off, whore!

'''trop formidable''' 
French: too strong

==Page 482==

'''Basel''' 
a city of Switzerland about 50 miles north of the capital of Bern

'''''tu-sais-quoi''''' 
French: you know what

'''impost''' 
something imposed, as a tax or duty

==Page 483==

==Endnote 204==

'''Saprogenic''' 
of or pertaining to putrefaction or rotting

==Page 483 (cont'd)==

'''illicit''' 
illegal

'''IL NE FAUT PLUS QU'ON PURSUIVE LE BONHEUR''' 
French: It is no longer necessary to pursue happiness

==Page 484==

'''125-kilo''' 
about 276 lbs

'''ROPAS''' 
Spanish: CLOTHES

==Page 485==

'''union-suit underwear''' 
one-piece long undergarments

'''stelliform''' 
in the form of a star

==Page 486==

'''baguette''' 
a long roll of French bread

'''cerise''' 
deep red to purple in color

''''''n soir, 'sieur''''' 
an elision of ''bon soir, monsieur,'' i.e., "Goodnight, sir" in French

''''''Malhereusement, ton collégue est décedé. It faisait une excellente soupe aus pois.'''''' 
French: Sadly, your friend is dead. He made an excellent pea soup.

on p. 425, Marathe outlined a hypothetical in which two people both wanted a Habitant ''soupe aus pois'' that belonged to someone who had recently died

''''''Non? Ou c'était toi, faisait-elle?'''''' 
French: No? Or was it you that made it?

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'''wangs''' 
slaps or bangs against

'''''frère''''' 
French: brother

'''sphincter''' 
Any muscle in ring form, here it means the anus, which has failed Lucien by allowing him to soil himself

'''''ne pas plaisanter''''' 
French: not pleasure

'''''iront paître''''' 
French: they will go to eat

'''''entend-il?''''' 
French: Does he hear?

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'''''inutile''''' 
French: useless

'''natal''' 
like a baby's

'''aphonia''' 
absence of sound

'''muskie''' 
short for "muskellunge," a type of fish

'''maxillofacial''' 
relating to the jaw and face

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==Page 470==

'''stereotaxy''' 
also known as "stereotaxis," this is three-dimensional brain imaging

'''Elder, Elders''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Olds James Olds], co-discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center#Experiments_on_rodents "pleasure center"]

'''plutonium-239''' 
a fissile isotope of plutonium

'''ablative surgery''' 

a treatment for neurological disorders involving freezing or burning of brain tissue

==Page 471==

'''Q-dopa''' 
not a real neurotransmitter

==Page 472==

'''MK-Ultra''' 
an actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA CIA mind-control experiment] starting in the 1950s and continuing well into the 1960s and possibly 70s

==Endnote 198==

'''''Orlikow et al. v. United States of America''''' 
This was a real case, and you can read the proceedings [http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/orli-01.htm here].

==Page 472 (cont'd)==

'''G.C.''' 
Government of Canada, perhaps

'''M.M.P.I.''' 
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a commonly administered psychological test designed to give an overview of personality, neuroses, etc.

==Page 473==

'''Millon's''' 
the [http://millon.net/instruments/MCMI_III.htm Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III], another psych inventory

'''Approception''' 
apparently not a real test

'''shiatsu''' 
a type of Asian massage

'''weal''' 
prosperity or happiness

'''Turner, Bush, Casey''' 
Admiral Stansfield Turner was head of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. George H.W. Bush (later President) was CIA head from 1976 to 1977. William J. Casey was head from 1981 to 1987.

'''Langley''' 
the town in Virginia where the CIA is headquartered

==Page 474==

'''divans''' 
couches or sofas

'''rutting''' 
heat, i.e., sexual excitement

'''N.S.A.''' 
National Security Agency

'''C7''' 
The C7 is a modified version of the American M-16 combat rifle. It's implied here that C7 was some kind of security apparatus, but there is no evidence that such a body existed.

==Page 475==

=Gately Driving / Antitoi Brothers=

==Page 475==

'''princess-and-pea''' 
a reference to the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," wherein despite several mattresses, a princess can still feel a single pea below her

'''cluster migraines''' 
Cluster headaches and migraines are actually two distinct syndromes.

'''feldspar''' 
a rock-forming mineral

==Page 476==

'''E.R.''' 
Emergency Room

'''CITGO''' 
one of the [http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp major oil] companies

'''70 kph.''' 
about 43.5 miles per hour

'''CVS''' 
a large chain of [http://www.cvs.com/ drugstores]

'''75 k''' 
about 46.6 miles per hour

'''ς''' 
the Greek letter ''sigma'' as it appears in lower case at the ends of words

'''mysticetously''' 
in the manner of a baleen whale

'''cognomen''' 
a descriptive nickname

==Page 477==

'''tallboys''' 

tall 24oz aluminum cans (usually of beer)

'''80 kph''' 
almost 50 miles per hour

'''Berklee School of Music''' 
a real school, one of the highest-prestige [http://www.berklee.edu/ music schools] in the U.S.

==Page 478==

==Endnote 202==

'''Escherian''' 
referring to the work of Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist

==Page 478 (cont'd)==

'''slalom''' 
to zigzag between obstacles

==Page 479==

'''bodegas''' 
a Spanish-owned grocery

'''crèche''' 
a nativity scene

'''propinquous''' 
Probably what's intended is "propinquitous," meaning "proximity" or "nearness."

'''Chickens Fresh Killed Daily''' 
a reference to the prominent 'Live Poultry Fresh Killed' sign of the Mayflower Poultry Company at 621 Cambridge St, East Cambridge about a half a mile from Inman Square. http://bostonist.com/2007/09/07/mayflower_poult.php

'''Ryle's Jazz Club''' 
a reference to Ryles Jazz Club (no apostrophe) in Inman Square, Cambridge at 212 Hampshire Street. http://www.rylesjazz.com/

'''briar pipes''' 
a type of pipe for [http://www.tinderboxinternational.com/briar.htm smoking]

'''60 k''' 
about 37.3 miles per hour

==Page 480==

'''MF''' 
Millennial Fizzy

'''aerodyne''' 
a heavier-than-air aircraft deriving lift from motion

'''viz.''' 
abbreviation for ''videlicet'' (Latin)

'''CQBC''' 
not a real entity, but probably here denoting a French-Canadian radio station

'''monomitotic''' 
"Mitosis" is cell division; "monomitosis" would be the splitting of a cell into a single cell, i.e., not splitting.G

'''Gaspé Peninsula''' 
a [http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/canada/gaspe.html region] in northern Québec

'''''chiens-courants''''' 
French: running dogs

==Page 481==

'''U.S.A. 91''' 
Interstate 91, which runs from New Haven, Conn, to Derby Line, Vt., at the Canadian border

'''Bellow's Falls VT''' 
a town off Route 91, about 70 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

'''paisley''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_%28design%29 popular design] originating in Scotland

'''Nehru jacket''' 
A collarless jacket named for Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), first Prime Minister of India and father of Indira Gandhi

'''''école-spéciale''''' 
French: special school

'''''Va chier, putain!''''' 
French: Piss off, whore!

'''trop formidable''' 
French: too strong

==Page 482==

'''Basel''' 
a city of Switzerland about 50 miles north of the capital of Bern

'''''tu-sais-quoi''''' 
French: you know what

'''impost''' 
something imposed, as a tax or duty

==Page 483==

==Endnote 204==

'''Saprogenic''' 
of or pertaining to putrefaction or rotting

==Page 483 (cont'd)==

'''illicit''' 
illegal

'''IL NE FAUT PLUS QU'ON PURSUIVE LE BONHEUR''' 
French: It is no longer necessary to pursue happiness

==Page 484==

'''125-kilo''' 
about 276 lbs

'''ROPAS''' 
Spanish: CLOTHES

==Page 485==

'''union-suit underwear''' 
one-piece long undergarments

'''stelliform''' 
in the form of a star

==Page 486==

'''baguette''' 
a long roll of French bread

'''cerise''' 
deep red to purple in color

''''''n soir, 'sieur''''' 
an elision of ''bon soir, monsieur,'' i.e., "Goodnight, sir" in French

''''''Malhereusement, ton collégue est décedé. It faisait une excellente soupe aus pois.'''''' 
French: Sadly, your friend is dead. He made an excellent pea soup.

on p. 425, Marathe outlined a hypothetical in which two people both wanted a Habitant ''soupe aus pois'' that belonged to someone who had recently died

''''''Non? Ou c'était toi, faisait-elle?'''''' 
French: No? Or was it you that made it?

==Page 487==

'''wangs''' 
slaps or bangs against

'''''frère''''' 
French: brother

'''sphincter''' 
Any muscle in ring form, here it means the anus, which has failed Lucien by allowing him to soil himself

'''''ne pas plaisanter''''' 
French: not pleasure

'''''iront paître''''' 
French: they will go to eat

'''''entend-il?''''' 
French: Does he hear?

==Page 488==

'''''inutile''''' 
French: useless

'''natal''' 
like a baby's

'''aphonia''' 
absence of sound

'''muskie''' 
short for "muskellunge," a type of fish

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'''capricious''' 
subject to acting on a whim

'''Caillou Bay''' 
You can see a map of southern Louisiana [http://www.mobilegeographics.com/tideimages/tidesta5222.png here].

'''Cajun''' 
a French-speaking people dwelling in the woods of Louisiana, having emigrated there from French Canada two hundred years ago

'''Taurus PT9''' 
You can see this pistol [http://www.gunsamerica.com/976925959/Guns/Pistols/Taurus-Pistols-Revolvers/Pistols/Steel-Frame/Taurus_PT9_380.htm here].

'''unsafetied''' 
The gun's safety is off.

'''longshoremen''' 
Dock workers who load and unload ships.

'''caricaturesque''' 
pertaining to a depiction of someone that exaggerates certain facial or bodily characteristics

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'''subsumption''' 
the act of placing something under a more comprehensive category

'''''rôle''''' 
This is how we used to spell "role" in English and how it's still spelled in French.

'''Edmonton''' 
the capital of Alberta

==Page 421==

'''malice''' 
desire to do harm

==Page 422==

'''vacuous''' 
lacking in ideas or intelligence

'''Maxwell House''' 
a brand of coffee

'''M. Kemp''' 
as in Monsieur Kemp, i.e., Jack Kemp, implying he was assassinated with a bomb in his house

'''Very Large Satan''' 
or "Great Satan," if you will

==Page 423==

'''''utilitaire''''' 
utilitarian, i.e., providing the greatest good for the greatest number

'''Comme on dit''' 
French: Like they say

==Page 424==

'''chasm''' 
a gorge or deep cleft in the earth's surface

==Page 425==

'''Habitant ''soupe aux pois''''' 
''Habitant'' is Québecois French for "farmer," though it seems like a brand name here. ''Soupe aux pois'' is pea soup, very popular in Québec.

'''parodically''' 
in a sarcastic or mocking way

==Page 426==

'''Safeway''' 
a chain of supermarkets

'''burrs''' 
protruding, ragged edges

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'''''ami''''' 
French: friend

'''''un autre''''' 
an other, i.e., an outsider

'''''pursuivre le bonheur''''' 
French: pursuit of happiness

'''supine''' 
on one's back

==Page 428==

'''ponderous''' 
awkward or unwieldy

==Endnote 173==

==Endnote 304==

[[Notes_and_Errata_-_Pages_983-1079#Endnote_304_.C2.B7_The_Train_Game|Notes and Errata - Endnote 304]]

==Page 428 (cont'd)==

'''''Veuillez Recycler Ce Contenant''''' 
French: Please Recycle This Container

'''''en ce moment''''' 
French: at this moment

==Page 429==

'''''D'éclaisant''''' 
not a real French word

'''maffick''' 
to celebrate boisterously

==Page 430==

'''''Entre nous''''' 
French: Between us

=The Rest of the Eric Clipperton Story=

==Page 430==

==Page 431==

'''slider''' 
a breaking pitch in baseball that curves down and out, with much more speed than a typical curveball

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Whopper]]

'''Forest Lawn NNY''' 
a town in New York state, on Lake Ontario

'''cuirass''' 
a piece of armor covering the heart

'''PowerBook''' 
an IBM brand of laptop computer

'''vig''' 
interest, as on a loan from a loan shark

==Page 432==

'''CPR''' 
Cardiopulonary resuscitation

'''Winchester''' 
a city in Massachusetts about 8.5 miles northwest of Boston

'''counsel''' 
purpose, plan, or design

'''whey''' 
the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained

==Page 433==

'''miasma''' 
a noxious atmosphere

'''cordite''' 
a propellant used in place of gunpowder in firearms

'''Crawfordsville, Indiana''' 
a town about 45 miles northwest of Indianapolis

'''Veedersburg IN''' 
this town lies 22 miles west of Crawfordsville on Route 74

'''brandykinetic''' 
with slowed movements due to neurologic dysfunction

==Page 434==

'''vicissitude''' 
a change or variation in the course of something

'''votaried''' 
filled with devotion

=Gately's Other Job=

==Page 434==

'''Jamaica Plain''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Plain,_Massachusetts section] of Boston

'''cab of his 4 X 4''' 
A 4 X 4 is a pick-up truck and the cab is where people sit.

'''sub-table''' 
under the table, i.e., off the books so that taxes don't have to be paid

==Page 435==

'''colostomy''' 
a procedure by which feces exit the body via a hole in a person's side into a bag, rather than via the anus

'''Kaposi's Sarcoma''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaposi%27s_sarcoma type of viral cancer] that causes skin lesions

'''B&E''' 
Breaking and Entry, i.e., burglary

'''finski''' 
slang: $5 bill

'''Kools''' 
a brand of menthol cigarettes

==Page 436==

'''mobilely upward''' 
that is to say, upwardly mobile

'''witticism''' 
a funny remark

=More O.N.A.N. History=

==Page 436==

'''Davis''' 
a city in California about 15 miles west of Sacramento

'''Quik''' 
a powder mix used to make chocolate milk

==Page 437==

'''NaCN''' 
sodium cyanide

'''rivet''' 
a type of pin or bolt; DFW is likely playing off the phrase "dead as a doornail" here

'''acrostics''' 
These are "set(s) of words arranged in a square such that they read the same horizontally and vertically" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'').

'''dewimpled''' 
like defrocked, except for a nun

==Page 438==

'''Benedict Arnold''' 
Benedict Arnold V (1741-1801) was an American general during the Revolutionary War who turned traitor for the British.

==Endnote 176==

'''Minister of Environment and Resource-Development Enterprises''' 
The initials spell ''merde'', which is French for "shit."

'''macrocartographic''' 
immense and involved with maps

==Page 438 (cont'd)==

'''Sino-temporal-endorsement''' 
Chinese-style-time-sponsorship; a reference to China's use of animal signs to date the years (Year of the Dog, Pig, Rat, etc.); the obvious inspiration or model for [[Subsidized Time]].

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Whopper]]

'''orts''' 
scraps of food

'''CONCORD''' 
the capital of New Hampshire

'''CLEMSON''' 
a [http://www.clemson.edu/ university] in South Carolina

'''Rantoul IL''' 
a town 125 miles south-southwest of Chicago

'''Ithaca NY''' 
a town in upstate New York, home to [http://www.cornell.edu/ Cornell University]

==Page 439==

'''camp''' 
deliberately artificial or vulgar -- sometimes referring specifically to gay humor

'''robber-baron''' 
Wikipedia defines robber-barons as "businessmen and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically as a direct result of pursuing various allegedly anti-competitive or unfair business practices."

'''Ollster''' 
a nickname for Oliver, like "Ollie"

'''"...one slim cat with an outsized leg..."''' 
i.e., Orin Incandenza

==Page 440==

'''placative''' 
intending to pacify or calm

'''quadrennial''' 
occurring every four years

'''pulchritudinous''' 
good-looking

'''chapeau''' 
hat

==Page 441==

'''cheri''' 
French: my dear

'''Cerberus''' 
in Greek mythology, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus three-headed dog] that guards Hades

'''Achilles' tendon''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles%27_tendon tendon] in the back of the leg, near the foot

==Page 442==

'''canter''' 
an easy gallop

'''Ixnayish''' 
Remove -ish, and you have Pig Latin for "nix."

'''H.U.D.''' 
Housing and Urban Development

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'''LOVE CANAL''' 
an area near Buffalo, N.Y., famous for its high amount of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal toxic waste] and the effects it had on the residents there

'''EPA''' 
Environmental Protection Agency

'''Berlin, NH''' 
a town in New Hampshire very close to the Canadian border

'''Rumford, ME''' 
Rumford is in Maine, less than 50 miles due east of Berlin, N.H.

'''MONTPELIER''' 
the capital of Vermont

'''Lancaster NH''' 
a city about twenty miles west of Berlin, N.H.

'''INFARCTION''' 
heart attack

'''ANEURISM''' 
a misspelling of "aneurysm," it's a bursting of a weak blood vessel, if in the brain, usually causing a stroke

'''SALEM MA''' 
a city 15 miles up the coast from Boston

'''FROM SYRACUSE TO TICONDEROGA, NY''' 
This line would go right through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_ParkAdirondack Park] in New York.

'''FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA''' 
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.

==Page 400==

'''claque''' 
a group of sycophants

'''hale''' 
healthy

'''Kevlar''' 
a synthetic substance used in, among other things, bulletproof vests

==Page 401==

'''aspersion''' 
a disparaging remark

==Page 402==

'''Bôf''' 
defined by the Cambridge Online French-English dictionary as an interjection "expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm"

'''maroon''' 
i.e., a moron

'''benighted''' 
overtaken by darkness

'''cojones''' 
Spanish for "testicles"

==Page 403==

'''faute-de-mieux''' 
for lack of something better.

'''redemisement''' 
see discussion of "redemised" at [[Pages_306-321#Page_319|page 319]]

'''scenario''' 
"Scenarios" is the correct plural.

==Page 404==

[[Image:Tyrolean.jpg|thumb|caption|Tyrolean Hat|150px|right]]

'''Tyrolean hats''' 
The Tyrolean hat, named after the region of Tyrol, is associated with the Austrian Alps. Tyrolean hats have a cord wrapped around the base of the crown and a feather or brush on the side as trim. For an example, see right. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_hat Wikipedia]

'''H.E.W.''' 
Health, Education, and Welfare

'''rife''' 
abounding

'''Eminent nondomain''' 
"Eminent domain" is the right of the government to seize private property to serve a greater good. This would be the opposite.

'''''bien sûr''''' 
French: of course

'''U.S.O.''' 
United States Organizations, an organization dedicated to entertaining troops at war

==Page 405==

'''coup de grâce''' 
French: death blow

'''recalcitrant''' 
hard to deal with or manage

'''''¿Qué?''' 
Spanish: What?

'''Yukon''' 
a territory of northwest Canada that borders Alaska's western border

'''Brinksmanship''' 
According to the ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'', this is "the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, esp. by creating diplomatic crises."

'''1/3-rpm''' 
This is one-third of a revolution per minute. LPs go literally 100 times faster.

''''Flight of the Bumblebee'''' 
an interlude in ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'', an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

==Page 406==

'''IMBROGLIO''' 
a misunderstanding or disagreement between persons or nations

'''SIN CITY''' 
Las Vegas

'''F.E.C.''' 
Federal Elections Commission

==Page 407==

'''S.A.C.''' 
Strategic Air Command

'''BK''' 
Burger King

'''catastatic''' 
of or pertaining to the climax of a play, movie, etc

'''radon''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon chemical element] that contaminates homes in gaseous form

==Page 408==

'''Maddox OH''' 
doesn't appear to be a real place

'''Hartford''' 
the capital of Connecticut

==Page 409==

'''Elmer's''' 
a brand of glue

==Endnote 158==
'''renumeration''' 

word should be remuneration

==Endnote 159==

'''Durban''' 
the second most populous city in S. Africa, on the country's southeast coast

==Page 409 (cont'd)==

'''Clipperton ''même''''' 
French: Clipperton himself

==Page 410==

'''transverse aberration''' 
this is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light aberration of light] across a field

'''Sunkist''' 
a brand of fruit and fruit drinks

=Hal's History of Television Before Subsidized Time=

==Page 410==

'''incipient''' 
beginning to develop

==Page 411==

'''Szechuan''' 
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan Sichuan]

[[Subsidized Time|Y.P.W.]]

'''Sherman statutes''' 
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act anti-trust act] introduced by Sen. John Sherman of Ohio (1823-1900)

'''TCI''' 
Tele-Communications, Inc. (now defunct)

'''Malone''' 
John C. Malone (born 1941), now CEO of Liberty Media

'''TBS''' 
Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born 1938)

'''CBC''' 
Canadian Broadcasting Centre

==Page 412==

'''American Council of Disseminators of Cable''' 
Look at the first letters of the capitalized words.

'''HDTV''' 
High-Definition Television

==Page 413==

'''liposuction''' 
a surgical procedure whereby fat is literally sucked out of the body

'''P.T.A.s''' 
Parent-Teacher Associations

'''PACs''' 
Political Action Committees

'''REM''' 
Rapid Eye Movement

'''kabal''' 
an alternate spelling of "cabal," meaning a small group of secret plotters

'''b&w''' 
black and white

==Page 414==

'''avuncular''' 
suggestive of an uncle

'''Preparation H''' 
a brand-name ointment for hemorrhoids

'''Überad''' 
a super advertisement, using the German ''über'' ("super") as a prefix

'''MLB''' 
Major League Baseball

==Page 415==

'''Ch. 11 protection''' 
Chapter 11, a section of the bankruptcy code under which one could file for protection from creditors

'''Dow turned Grizzly''' 
i.e., a bear (downward-moving) market environment began

''''Happy Days'''' 
a once-successful [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070992/ television series] on ABC

'''penultimate''' 
second-to-last

'''half-gainer''' 
a type of dive

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'''ken''' 
understanding

'''vox- and digitus-populi''' 
''Vox populi'' means "voice of the people" in Latin. ''Digitus populi'' would be "finger of the people."

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'''CPU''' 
Central Processing Unit

'''tentacularly''' 
as with tentacles

'''GTE''' 
General Telephone and Electronics

'''Hobbesianly''' 
in a way suggesting that people are very much in a state of nature, i.e., without rules or laws

'''!''' 
Used in the 2 times the square root of area formula, the exclamation point denotes a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial factorial]

'''mimetic''' 
used here, meaning as close to reality as possible

'''equatorial''' 
lying on the Equator

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'''mycological''' 
regarding the study of mushrooms

'''ennui''' 
boredom

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'''Wagnerian''' 
in the style or manner of Richard Wagner, the German operatic composer

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