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128 · Junkie Narrative

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'''boosting''' 
stealing

'''onnings''' 
awnings

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'''elemonade''' 
eliminate

'''Copley''' 
Copley Square, a neighborhood of Boston

'''aile''' 
aisle

'''Bow&Arrow''' 
a reference to the Bow and Arrow Pub at 1 Bow Street. Closed in 2000 due to a building renovation and the rent being raised.

'''foran''' 
foreign

'''Cheap-O Records''' 
a reference to Cheapo Records (no hyphen) in Central Square, Cambridge. It was located at 645 Mass Ave when the book was written, but the building has since been demolished. It now resides at 538 Mass Ave. http://www.cheaporecords.com/

'''trancemission''' 
transmission

==Page 130==

'''supperst''' 
supposed

'''pernts''' 
points

==Page 131==

'''kwai9''' 
quinine

==Page 132==

'''stoal''' 
stole

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'''thearized''' 
theorized

==Page 135==

'''methadoan''' 
Methadone

135* · Orin Calls Hal

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[[Subsidized Time|Y.D.A.U.]]

==Page 136==

'''Phoenician''' 
Orin uses it to mean a native of Phoenix, but the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicians Phoenicians] were actually an ancient culture who founded the city of Carthage.

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'''Advent''' 
the four Sundays preceding Christmas

137 · TK

==Page 137==

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Whopper]]

'''Walpole''' 
a suburb of Boston about eighteen miles from the city

==Page 138==

138 · State Farm E-mail

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of Dairy Products From the American Heartland]]

==Page 139==

'''blood-alcohol of .3+''' 
If "legally drunk" is now .08 in many states, it's fair to say this guy was hammered

'''900 kg''' 
fifteen pounds short of a ton

'''75 kg''' 
about 165.3 pounds

==Page 140==

'''30 kg''' 
a little over 66 pounds

140 · Hal's First Film Commentary

==Page 140==

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken]]

==Page 141==

'''Viz.''' 
Latin abbreviation for ''videlicet'', meaning "that is to say"

'''Mirandized''' 
read his or her rights, from the Supreme Court case ''Miranda v. Arizona'' (1965)

==Page 142==

142 · Helen's Only Published Article

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]

'''Jarvik IX''' 
undoubtedly named for Robert Koffler Jarvik (born 1946), inventor of the first artificial heart placed in a human being

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'''Etienne Aigner''' 
a fashionable leather goods manufacturer

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'''Brigham and Women's City of Boston Hospital''' 
a [http://www.brighamandwomens.org/ real hospital], now affiliated with Harvard Medical School

144 (1) · Québecois Terrorist Groups

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'''''Les Fils de Montcalm''''' 
French: Sons of Montcalm. Probably referring to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran (1712-1759), French general during the French and Indian War who presided over the fall of Québec.

144 (2) · Decline of Videophony

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'''homuncular''' 
of or pertaining to a diminutive human being

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'''straw boater''' 
a type of hat (a "boater") made of straw

'''tumescent''' 
swollen

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]

'''Freddie-Mac''' 
common name for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mac Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company]

'''trivalent''' 
having a chemical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_%28chemistry%29 valance] of three

==Page 146==

'''vectored''' 
To vector is to direct the position of (an airplane).

'''gumlet''' 
By context, it would seem this word is a synonym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet aglet].

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'''furtive''' 
shifty or sneaky

'''''Physiognomic Dysphoria''''' 
Loosely, it means "feeling badly about how one looks."

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'''snafus''' 
plural of "snafu," a military acronym for "situation normal: all fucked up"

==Page 149==

'''ostentatious''' 
pretentious or showy

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'''verve''' 
enthusiasm or vigor

'''precipitant''' 
sudden, hasty, or rash

'''micro-econometrist''' 
An econometrist is an economist who uses statistical methods. A microeconomist is an economist who studies a smaller level of economics, i.e., firms and businesses rather than nations or international business.

'''Ludditism''' 
Named for Ned Ludd (born Ned Ludlam), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Luddites] were 19th century opposers of the Industrial Revolution.

'''retrograde''' 
moving backward

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'''electric zirconium jewelry''' 
Jewelry made of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon zircon]. Electricity can be applied to a zircon to make a lamp.

'''NoCoat LinguaScrapers''' 
tongue scrapers designed to remove a film coat

'''and c.''' 
''Et cetera'' or ''etc.'' is Latin for "and other things." Here Wallace has translated ''et'' and left ''c'' untranslated.

'''panagoraphobia''' 
fear of going outside (agoraphobia) in any place (pan-)

151* · Urine Testing

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]

'''agnate''' 
related or akin through males, as in a line of males and a line of females (coeds)

'''widow's peak''' 
a hairline that dips down to a V-shaped point in front when the hair is pulled back

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==Endnote 52==

'''spectrometer''' 
an optical instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum

'''E.M.I.T. and AbuScreen/RIA''' 
Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique; Abusecreen is a brand name of drug test, and RIA stands for radioimmunoassay, "a procedure that measures minute amounts of a substance, such as a hormone or drug, by quantitating the binding, or the inhibition of binding, of a radiolabeled substance to an antibody" (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition'').

==Page 152 (cont'd)==

'''cc''' 
cubic centimeter, equal to 0.001 liters

'''wienerman''' 
hot-dog salesman

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'''Yarmouth sail''' 
a type of boat sail, seen [http://www.ephotozine.com/photo/657716 here]

'''Pepperdine''' 
a [http://www.pepperdine.edu/ university] in Malibu, Calif.

'''derrick''' 
A derrick is "a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').

'''foot-treadle''' 
a level worked by foot

'''f/x''' 
special effects in film

'''Bolex''' 
a Swiss [http://www.bolex.ch/NEW/index.php camera manufacturer]

'''undulating''' 
moving with a wave-like motion

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'''petrochemical''' 
a chemical derived from petroleum or natural gas

'''spronging''' 
''sprong'' is Dutch for "to leap or bound"

'''Eschatonic''' 
The name of the game is based on the same root as eschatology, i.e., the study of the end of the world.

'''''pünch''''' 
There is no such German word.

'''serpentine''' 
snake-like

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'''dento-dermal''' 
by the skin of his teeth

'''brine''' 
salt water

'''emulsion''' 
Emulsion is colloidal suspension of one liquid in another.

'''differentials''' 
first derivatives in calculus

'''three Canadians copulating on a snowmobile''' 
'''high-water''' 
pants hemmed too high

'''gratis''' 
free of charge

'''''ex cathedra''''' 
Latin for "from the chair" and referring to the doctrine of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility papal infallibility] on matters of faith and morals

'''éclat''' 
great brilliance or conspicuous success

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'''dewy-eyed''' 
exhibiting childlike simplicity

'''''FIENDS IN HUMAN SHAPE''''' 
how a Memphis newspaper described Union soldiers during the Civil War

'''Brighton''' 
a section of Boston

'''natal''' 
of or pertaining to a person's birth

'''Brutus''' 
Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC) was the most famous assassin of Julius Caesar (100-44 BC).

'''''vade mecum''''' 
Latin for "go with me," this is a book for quick reference

172 · ''TENNIS AND THE FERAL PRODIGY''

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Yushityu...]]

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'''stevedore''' 
a person who loads and unloads cargo from boats

'''40 km.''' 
almost 25 miles

'''''Schnell''''' 
German: Quickly

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'''formants and fricatives, trochaically stressed''' 
A format is, according to Wikipedia, "a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system." A fricative is a phoneme produced by forcing air through tight lips. In English, fricatives are /s/, /z/, /th/, and /zh/. Trochaically means spoken in trochees, or a metrical foot on two syllables with the stress on the first (the word "trochee" is a trochee).

'''aperture''' 
An aperture is an opening; here it is probably referring to the anus.

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'''''8 1/2''''' 
a film by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/ Federico Fellini]

'''intensile''' 
incapable of being stretched

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'''Noxzema''' 
a skin cleaner marketed by Procter & Gamble

'''Contracol''' 
not a drug currently marketed in the U.S.

'''Epsom salts''' 
Magnesium sulfate, used to relieve pain, among other uses.

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'''recursive''' 
capable of being used repeatedly

'''retsin''' 
the supposed active ingredient in Certs breath mints

'''Ciao Bello''' 
Italian: Goodbye, Handsome

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'''corrode''' 
to eat away at; to rust

'''ICBM''' 
intercontinental ballistic missile

'''boot''' 
junkie slang for injecting drugs

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'''imprimatur''' 
sanction or approval

'''bonded''' 
Sorkin had put up Gately's bail.

'''ruddled''' 
reddened

'''serration''' 
notches in the edges

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'''belled''' 
rang like a bell

'''938 · Joelle Talks About the "Entertainment"'''

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'''epicene''' 
androgynous

'''bassinet''' 
an oblong basket for a baby

'''catadioptric''' 
produced by reflection and refraction simultaneously

==Page 940==

'''astigmatic''' 
failing to have light rays converge on a single point

==Page 941==

'''941· Hal Narrates (Still)'''

'''slight tremble of something hanging from the tip of a pipette''' 
A pipette is a type of thin glass tube used in chemistry, and the something trembling would be a drop of some liquid, I suspect...

'''Thtithe fickn meth''' 
Coyle is probably trying to say, "Stice fucking mess."

==Page 942==

'''panic-attack''' 
another term for an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_attack anxiety attack]

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'''rank amateurs''' 
complete/total amateurs

'''pernicious''' 
harmful

'''Brecht''' 
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (1898-1956) was a German playwright, poet, and director.

'''Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania''' 
a suburb of Philadelphia, about twenty miles west

'''DeNiro''' 
Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. (born 1943), is an Academy Award winning American actor, cast by Scorsese in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/ Mean Streets] and several times thereafter.

'''McLachlin''' 
a misspelling of Kyle MacLachlan (born 1959), an American actor whose second film was [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/ Blue Velvet]

'''Lynch''' 
David Keith Lynch (born 1946) is an American filmmaker.

'''Allen to Allen''' 
a reference to American director Woody Allen (born 1935 as Allen Stewart Königsberg), who casts himself in most of his films

'''temporal-lobe''' 
the part of the brain involved in hearing, speeech, and vision

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'''familiar foil packet''' 
i.e., a condom

'''ascot''' 
a neck scarf

[[Image:FDR.jpg|thumb|caption|FDR and his filter|right|200px]]

'''long white FDR-style filter''' 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt Wikipedia]

'''canopied''' 
framed with curtains

'''boudoir''' 
a bedroom or private sitting room

'''ponce''' 
an effeminate man

'''"...an old-fashioned one-sharp-sided razor..."''' 

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'''Pheromonic Musk''' 
a scent designed to emit pheromones, or a chemical that attracts the opposite sex

'''chartreuse''' 
bright yellowish-green

'''500 seconds''' 
8 minutes and 20 seconds

==Page 947==

'''conundra''' 
insoluble questions

'''sinkhole''' 
a depressed area into which waste collects

'''pratfall''' 
a fall on one's rear

==Page 948==

'''two-meter''' 
about 6.56 feet

'''Nor'easter''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter type of storm] common to the Northeast U.S.

'''snorkels''' 
tubes for breathing

'''pugnacious''' 
having a tendency to fistfight

==Page 949==

'''snifter''' 
a glass with a wide bottom that narrows at the top, for drinking brandy

'''twidgeling''' 
not a real word

'''Hancock tower''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_Tower skyscraper] in Boston

'''mimesis''' 
the imitation of aspects in the sensible world

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'''sinciput''' 
the upper part of the skull

'''convolutions''' 
folds on the surface of the brain

'''filigree''' 
intricate ornamentation usually consisting of twisted metal wire/ribbons on, say, a fence

'''Lindisfarne Gospels''' 
an Old English text of the Gospels found in England

'''hyperfertilized''' 
given too much fertilizer

'''finial''' 
an architectural device used to top a gable

'''defile''' 
a narrow passage

'''neutered''' 
castrated

'''topiary''' 
a sculptured shrub or bush

'''gambrel''' 
the hock of an animal, particularly a horse

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'''etagere''' 
a stand with a series of open shelves

'''delfts''' 
type of earthenware

'''claret''' 
red wine

==Page 952==

'''Hagia Sophia and S. Simeon''' 
Hagia Sophia is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia mosque] in Istanbul that had been a Byzantine basilica. S. Simeon refers to the ruins of a monastery named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites Simeon Stylites].

'''Qal'at Si'man''' 
Arabic for "Saint Simeon"

'''Levirates''' 
men required to marry their brothers' widows

'''''maniera greca''''' 
a style of Italian painting ("Greek style") popular in the early Renaissance

'''half a meter''' 
about 1.64 feet

'''hyperemic''' 
an unusual amount of blood in part of the body

'''seraglio''' 
the living quarters of a Turkish harem

'''fieldstone''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldstone construction material]

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'''varicotic''' 
having varicose veins

'''onyx''' 
a deep black form of quartz

'''kyphotic''' 
having abnormal curvature of the spine

==Page 954==

'''climacteric''' 
A period of decrease in reproductive capacity; in women, menopause.

'''Infantilist''' 
While the term can mean a type of paraphilia in which one dresses up like a baby, here Hal more likely means a pediatrician that treats patients like babies.

'''koans''' 
in Zen Buddhism, statements that defy rational explanation upon which to meditate

==Page 955==

'''misnomer''' 
a misapplied name or designation

'''''The Green Door''''' 
The full title is [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068260/ Behind the Green Door].

'''''Deep Throat''''' 
a pornographic film starring [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001483/ Linda Lovelace]

'''jism''' 
slang for semen

'''interrogatives''' 
questions

==Page 956==

==Page 957==

'''expatriates''' 
people living outside their countries of origin

'''Faulknerian''' 
recollecting the style or manner of William Cuthbert Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist

'''aspirating''' 
inhaling

'''958 (1) · After the Interview'''

==Page 958==

'''She''' 
i.e., Joelle

'''958 (2) · Hi, Mikey'''

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==Page 959==

'''the hook''' 
presumably, the sister's hand

'''boatayouse''' 
i.e., "both of you"

==Page 960==

'''a hundred m.'s''' 
a little over 328 feet

'''960 · The Assistant District Attorney'''

==Page 960==

'''easement''' 
a convenience

'''Suffolk County''' 
the county in Massachusetts where Boston is

'''McDonald's House''' 
a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McDonald_House Ronald McDonald House Charities], which provides housing for the parents of children undergoing intensive medical care

==Page 961==

'''Tooty''' 
apparently the ADA's wife

'''Fourth- and Eighth-Step''' 
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves" and "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all," respectively

==Page 962==

'''weal''' 
welfare

'''peroxide''' 
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), used as a bleach and whitener

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'''NoCoat LinguaScraper''' 
not a real product, but there are such appliances that clean the tongue

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698 · Introducing Ruth van Cleve

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment]]

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==Endnote 285==

'''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

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700 (1) · Troelsch Gets Ready for Prime Time

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'''screwed''' 
i.e., left

700 (2) · Pemulis at the Ceiling

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'''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.

700 (3) · Meanwhile in the Locker Room

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'''hovers''' 
hangs in air

701 (1) · Mario and Schtitt

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

701 (2) · The Moms Makes a Phone Call

==Page 701==

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

701 (3) · More With Hal Watching 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''' 
''very'' large type — if your average typeface is 12 points, then this is four times as large

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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

==Page 704==

'''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).

==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

==Page 706==

'''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

==Page 708==

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

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

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

==Page 709==

'''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==

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

714 · Kate and 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

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563 · Gately in Conversation

==Page 563==

[[Subsidized Time|Y.D.A.U.]]

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'''cheese-nibbler''' 
i.e., a rat

'''skittery''' 
shy or coy

==Page 565==

'''nomonous''' 
i.e., anonymous

565 · Orin and the Swiss Hand Model

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'''Sky Harbor''' 
the airport serving Phoenix

'''I-17/-10''' 
Interstate 17 runs from Phoenix to Interstate 10, which to Flagstaff, Ariz.

==[[IJE234|Endnote 234]]==

[http://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=Notes_and_Errata_-_Pages_983-1079#Page_1038 Endnote 234 - Excerpts From Orin's Interview With ''Moment'']

==Page 566==

'''languor''' 
lack of energy

==Page 567==

567 · In the Tunnel

==Page 567==

'''Dural edema''' 
swelling of the dura mater due to excess liquid

==Page 568==

'''perforce''' 
by force of circumstance

==Page 569==

'''nubbin''' 
a small lump

'''insurmagulate''' 
Pemulis probably means to say "insurmountable."

'''micturate''' 
urinate

==Page 570==

'''Rindge-Latin Remedial''' 
A dig at Cambridge Rindge & Latin, Cambridge, MA's public high school

'''avail''' 
advantage, use, efficacy

'''"...part the veil of Maya.."''' 
This means to glimpse transcendental truth by parting the veil of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion) Maya]. Why Idris, a Muslim from Pakistan, would be aware of this Hindu reference is not explained

'''presaging''' 
an indication or warning of a future occurrence

==Page 571==

'''hot''' 
hearing denoting radioactivity

'''UF4''' 
chemical notation for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_tetrafluoride uranium tetrafluoride], used in some nuclear reactors

'''zirconium''' 
a transition metal element

'''Da''' 
a common Irish nickname for one's father

'''cuc—''' 
Pemulis is probably about to say "cuckold."

==Page 572==

'''coprolite''' 
fossilized dung

'''A.E.C.''' 
Atomic Energy Commission

'''anathematic''' 
likely to be greatly hated

==Endnote 238==

'''meta-disease''' 
a disease syndrome, or a disease that itself causes other diseases

==Page 572==

'''''Jawohl''''' 
German for "yes" in a particularly enthusiastic way

==Page 573==

'''sterabolic anoids''' 
i.e., anabolic steroids

'''rapacial''' 
i.e., rapacious

'''"...each month's prime numbers..."''' 
Which would be the second, third, fifth, seventh, eleventh, thirteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-third, twenty-ninth, and thirty-first (when the month has thirty-one days)

'''decelerated''' 
slowed down

'''jacklights''' 
backlights with a special light used as a lure during hunting

==Page 574==

'''Eliotical''' 
referring to T.S. Eliot, author of ''The Waste Land''

'''repose''' 
rest

574 · Orin Realizes Something

'''Junoesque''' 
Juno is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera Hera]. Orin means to say that "Helen" is like a goddess.

==Page 575==

'''Rt. 85''' 
Arizona State Route 85 connects Interstate 10 to the Mexican border near Lukesville, Ariz.

575 · More With Lenz and Green

==Page 575==

'''rhynophemic''' 
a misspelled reference to rhinophyma, the reddening of the nose common to alcoholics

'''"...like a seahorse..."''' 
Seahorses actually have two eyes.

'''G.E.D.''' 
General Equivalency Degree

==Endnote 239==

'''N2O''' 
nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas

'''thiopental sodium''' 
another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiopental_sodium sodium pentothal], a powerful general anesthetic

==Page 575 (cont'd)==

'''mumus''' 
a long, formless, loose-hanging dress

'''brocade''' 
fabric woven with an elaborate design

'''hove''' 
past tense of "heave"

==Page 576==

'''ordinational''' 
i.e., ordinal, or increasing by number

'''jounce''' 
to move joltingly up and down

'''recesstacle''' 
apparently a combination of "recess" and "receptacle"

'''sojourn''' 
not a synonym for "journey," as Lenz is using it, but rather a term meaning a stay in a place for a prolonged period

'''derisive''' 
intended to offend or insult

'''excretate''' 
i.e., extricate

'''plaintiffly''' 
Lenz means "plaintively."

'''Dukakis''' 
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born 1933) was governor of Massachusetts (1983-1991) and the 1988 Democratic nominee for President.

'''18th-Circus''' 
That should be "18th Circuit."

'''1.5-meter''' 
about 4.9 feet

==Page 577==

[[Image:Mondrian.jpg|thumb|caption|''Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue'' 1921|right|200px]]

'''Mondrian''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondrian] (1872-1944) was a Dutch painter. The reference to his work makes more sense when seen right.

'''defiles''' 
narrow passageways

'''blaze-trailing''' 
trailblazing

'''5/4''' 
a meter is music with five quarter-notes per measure

''''shine''' 
a derogatory term for a black person

'''zithery''' 
provoking the sound of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zither zither], a string instrument

'''rimed''' 
covered with frost

'''kalpacs''' 
a high-crowned felt or fur hat worn by Turks and Central Asians

'''iridescent''' 
displaying all the colors of the rainbow

'''Y.C.A.''' 
Youth Corrections Act

'''patissiers''' 
French: pastry chefs

==Page 578==

'''garish''' 
crudely colorful

==Page 579==

'''''Buns of Steel''''' 
still available [http://www.amazon.com/Buns-Steel-Greg-Smithey/dp/6303182135 for sale]

'''sedentary''' 
involving much sitting

'''bosun''' 
slang sailor term for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boatswain boatswain]

'''Falstaff''' 
a brand of beer that stopped being [http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/ brewed] in 2005

'''suet''' 
fatty tissue surrounding the kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking

'''Gummi Bears''' 
a small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummi_bear candy] originating in Germany

==Page 580==

'''ejaculatory''' 
sudden

'''cardiac''' 
i.e., a heart attack

'''opaque''' 
cloudy; not allowing light through

'''brambled''' 
beaten with thorns

==Page 581==

'''tetryl''' 
an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetryl explosive] used to make detonators

'''V.F.W.''' 
Veterans of Foreign Wars

'''Rotarians''' 
members of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_Club Rotary International]

'''Shriners''' 
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriners Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine]

'''W. Miller''' 
William Miller (1782-1849) was an American religious leader and one of the founders of the Seventh-Day Adventist movement.

'''Defarge''' 
Madame Thérèse Defarge is a character in Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities''.

'''O.D.C.''' 
Ohio Department of Corrections

'''igneous''' 
produced by volcanic action

[[Image:Fez.jpg|right]]

'''fezzes''' 
Turkish or Middle-Eastern style hats (see right)

'''sump''' 
cesspool

==Page 582==

'''warbly''' 
tending to warble, i.e., to sing with a trill

'''acclivity''' 
an upward slope

'''dogleg''' 
a route that turns at a sharp angle

'''psoriatic''' 
this is in reference to psoriasis, a skin condition that produces whitish, scale-like scabs of dead skin

'''Choosy Mothers''' 
probably taken from the Jif peanut butter commerical slogan: "Choosy Mothers Choose Jif"

==Page 583==

'''midbrain''' 
another name for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midbrain mesencephalon]

'''intaglioed''' 
engraved

'''disincentive''' 
a deterrent

'''War of the Welles''' 
a reference to the film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046534/ War of the Worlds], itself adapted from the 1938 radio play by George Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor and filmmaker

'''Don Ho''' 
Donald Tai Loy Ho (1930-2007) was a Hawaiian musician.

'''Sol Hoopi Players''' 
Solomon Ho'opi'i Ka'ai'ai (1902-1953) was another famous Hawaiian musician.

[[Image:Quebec.gif|right]]

'''blue and white Quenucker flag''' 
see right

'''JBL''' 
an [http://www.jbl.com/ audio wares company]

==Page 584==

'''skulk''' 
to move about secretively

'''Shetland''' 
a Shetland pony, giving some idea how big the dog is

'''''noblest oblige''''' 
a superlative pun on ''noblesse oblige'', the requirement of the wealthy to be kind to those less fortunate

'''undulate''' 
to move like waves

'''Hawaii Five-O''' 
a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062568/ television series] than ran in the late 1960s and 1970s

==Page 585==

'''Southern Comfort''' 
an orange-flavored whiskey

'''anomic''' 
class-alienating

'''andante''' 
In music, this word indicates a moderately slow tempo.

==Page 586==

'''''Don Ho: From Hawaii With All My Love''''' 
This doesn't appear to be a real record.

'''lalations''' 
misspelling of "lallations," i.e., baby-talk

'''Day-Glo''' 
a brand name of glow-in-the-dark fabrics

'''Geiger counter''' 
a machine used to measure radioactivity

''''My Lovely Launa-Una Luau Lady'''' 
Nor does this appear to be a real song.

'''p.m.''' 
per minute

[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]

'''Canadian''' 
i.e., in French

'''Montego''' 
either the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Montego Austin Montego] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Montego Mercury Montego]

==Page 587==

'''Molson''' 
a Canadian brand of beer

'''scruff''' 
nape of the neck

'''32-kilo''' 
a little over 70 lbs

==Page 588==

'''jabber''' 
to talk rapidly

''''Dyu!'''' 
most likely ''Dieu!'', French for "God!"

==Page 589==

'''180s''' 
turns half-way around, i.e., 180º

'''lee''' 
away from the wind

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