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==Page 964==

'''claret-colored''' 
A deep purplish red. Claret is also the name of a wine that is produced in the Bordeaux region of France and slang for 'blood'.[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fuller's+earth]

'''fuller's earth or sawdust''' 
Fuller's earth is an absorbent clay that is used in talcum powder. Sawdust and chalk (talcum) are used by tennis players to keep their grip dry.
[http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Archive/News/Lessons/Lessons/444102_The_Final_Word_Chalking_Up.aspx]

==Page 965==

'''pigeon-toed''' 
having toes that point inward, like this: / \

'''shifted antigens''' 
An antigenic shift generally refers to the medical term that explains how two strains of the influenza virus join together to form a new subtype and, in turn, become more virile. The new subtype has a mixture of the antigens from the originals. An antigen is the substance that stimulates the immune system. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/926623/antigenic-shift]

It's used here to refer to rumors about severe weather and the Quebec Junior Team. These rumors undergo an antigenic shift as they circulate around the locker room. They combine and are reconstituted as a new, more virile, rumor before being returned to the rumor's originator. 

'''the Csikszentmihalyi kid was doing a kind of piaffer''' 
A piaffer is a trot in place where the legs are lifted high. This type of trot is usually done by a horse, but it's part of the 'Csikszentmihalyi kid's' pre-game ritual to stretch his hip flexors. 

The name Csikszentmihalyi may be a humorous nod to the Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who is noted for his work in happiness and creativity. He is known as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology and proposed the concept of Flow. Flow is the mental state whereby a person is fully immersed and focused on an activity (such as Tennis). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi] 

'''hip-flexors''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_flexor muscles] that move the hip

'''an ascot or a very fey tie''' 
An ascot is a scarf or tie with broad ends typically worn for formal occasions[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot_tie]. If the tie very fey, it is excessively refined [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fey] or fancy to the point that it could be confused with an ascot.

'''invoking Camilla, goddess of speed and light step''' 
Camilla of Volsci, a heroine from Roman Mythology, found in Virgil's prose and ancient pottery paintings. Virgil claimed Camilla was so fast that she could run across the ocean without wetting her feet and across fields of grain without bending the grass. [http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Camilla_(mythology)] To 'invoke' is to petition for help with an incantation.[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invoking]

As part of their pre-match ritual, the female players, Thode and Donni Stott, can be heard praying to or otherwise petitioning Camilla whose light footed speed may translate to success on the court.

==Page 966==

'''Frankenstein''' 
or, more correctly, Frankenstein's monster

'''Hal''' 
who is clearly not narrating anymore, unless he is speaking of himself in the third person

'''malleolus''' 
a bony lump on the side of the ankle

'''Joni Mitchell''' 
Joni Mitchell (born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Wikipedia Entry].

'''occluded''' 
Closed off, shut in, or blocked off [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occlude]

'''they all in here existed basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and little routines''' 

A Fourier transform is a mathematical operation that transforms one function into another. This type of transform is named in honour of Joseph Fourier. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Fourier] To exist basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and routines is to exist as an abstraction where a student is trained in postures and routines is transformed into tennis player capable of executing a variation of those postures and routines.

'''ingenuish''' 
in the manner of an innocent young woman

'''moribund''' 
nearing death or in a terminal decline [http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/moribund?view=uk]

==Page 967==

'''Y.T.M.P.''' 
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]

'''ciquatoxic''' 
an alternate or mispelling of 'ciguatoxic'. Reef fish can carry ciguatoxins, which cause ciguatera food poisoning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguatera] in humans who consume the contaminated fish. These toxins may be specific to certain reefs, are concentrated up the food chain and as such are more likely to be present in larger reef fish, and cannot be destroyed by cooking and freezing [http://www.livefoodfishtrade.org/definitions.htm]

'''P.O.''' 
philharmonic orchestra

'''R.C. clergy''' 
Roman Catholic priesthood

'''Jesuit seminary'''
Theological training for the Society of Jesus Roman Catholic religious order of clerks, known as Jesuits. Jesuits are known for for their missionary work, social justice and human rights. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus]

==Page 968==

'''Sanger-Brown's ataxia''' 
another name for [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1672.html Marie's ataxia]

'''practicum''' 
the student-teaching portion of a teaching education

'''spiritually necrotic''' 
Necrosis usually refers to the localized death of cells within healthy tissue. To be spiritually necrotic is akin to having a dead spirit in an otherwise healthy body.

'''Jesuitical Endeavors''' 
An endeavor is a purposeful undertaking that requires boldness. Jesuitical endeavors are those undertaken as part of a Jesuit ministry.

'''Numero Uno''' 
Spanish for ''Number One'', used here as an expression to mean concern about only oneself.

'''ineluctable''' 
incapable of being avoided or changed

'''Apologia''' 
An Apologia is a defense of one's beliefs, religious or other. Here, Barry is out of his league in his ability to put up a good defense of the religious beliefs that may help get his brother out of his own spiritual funk.

==Page 969==

'''self-mimetic''' 
imitating one's self

'''...not that much unlike Alyosha and Ivan's conversations in the good old ''Brothers K''.''' 
''The Brother's Karamazov'' is a novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Ivan and Alyosha, main characters in the novel, are siblings. Alyosha has a faith in God that manifests in a love of mankind and Ivan is a rationalist who is burdened by his inability or unwillingness to believe in a God that could preside over an unjust world. In the novel the brothers, Ivan and Alyosha, discuss their opposing beliefs.

'''erudite''' 
scholarly

'''carcinogenic''' 
causing cancer

'''acerbity''' 
acidity

'''Ivan's Grand Inquisitor scenario''' 
Read this portion [http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/dostoevsky/grand.html here].

'''lumpen''' 
disenfrancished

'''solar plexus''' 
a complex of nerves in the abdomen

'''verminousness''' 
resembling vermin

'''mufti''' 
civilian dress - also a name for a type of Muslim scholar

==Page 970==

'''alms''' 
charity

'''silt''' 
very small grains of rock or sand

==Page 971==

'''fuliginous''' 
smoky or sooty

'''50° C''' 
122° Fahrenheit

=Orin=
==Page 971==

==Page 972==

''''Do it to her!''' '''''Do it to her!'''''' 
a reference to George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith shouts 'Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia!' under similar circumstances.

'''ham''' 
an actor who is bad by virtue of over-acting

=Final Chapter=

==Page 972==

'''confiteor''' 
a prayer of confession of sins

==Page 973==

==Endnote 385==

'''gram-negative''' 
this refers to a bacterium that does not show up in a violet stain using Gram's method - so in other words, the implication is that the doctor suspects Gately has a particularly resistant strain of bacteria within his body that previous antibiotics given to him have been ineffective in eliminating.

==Page 973 (cont.)==

'''"...look down her shirt and spell ''attic''..."''' 
and thus saying, "A-T-T-I-C" or "a titty I see"

==Page 974==

'''vertical hold''' 
the control on a television that prevents the picture from rolling bottom to top

==Page 975==

'''Weejuns''' 
a type of shoe, see [http://www.bassweejuns.com/ here]

==Page 976==

'''Jack Daniels''' 
a famous brand of bourbon whiskey

==Page 977==

'''S&W''' 
Smith & Wesson

'''2500-IU ampule''' 
IUs are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_unit international units], which converts to metric depending on the substance.

'''transvestals''' 
i.e., transvestites

==Page 978==

==Endnote 386==

'''Exocet''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet missile]

'''antagonists''' 
a drug that acts against an agonist, i.e., a drug that stimulates a certain receptor

==Page 978 (cont'd)==

'''Linda McCartney''' 
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (1941-1998) was an American photographer and wife of Beatle Paul McCartney (born 1943).

'''"....somebody had taken an old disk of McCartney and Wings [...] and run it through a Kurtzweil remixer and removed every track on the songs except the tracks of poor old Mrs. Linda McCartney singing backup and playing tambourine"''' 
An alleged isolated vocal track of Linda McCartney singing along to "Hey Jude" at a concert did circulate, but the production itself may have been a hoax. For more, see [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/03/audio_hoaxes_an.html here].

==Endnote 387==

'''pentazocine''' 
a synethetic opioid painkiller

==Endnote 387a==

'''dysmenorrhea''' 
pre-menstrual syndrome and/or painful periods

'''PX''' 
with a pharmaceutical as part of the name, it means it contains pentazocine

==Page 979==

'''hot shot''' 
an injection intended to kill

==Page 980==

'''ditty''' 
a little song

==Page 981==

'''"...the one about ultraviolence and sadism."''' 
Gately is thinking of Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/ A Clockwork Orange]

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==Page 964==

'''claret-colored''' 
A deep purplish red. Claret is also the name of a wine that is produced in the Bordeaux region of France and slang for 'blood'.[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fuller's+earth]

'''fuller's earth or sawdust''' 
Fuller's earth is an absorbent clay that is used in talcum powder. Sawdust and chalk (talcum) are used by tennis players to keep their grip dry.
[http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Archive/News/Lessons/Lessons/444102_The_Final_Word_Chalking_Up.aspx]

==Page 965==

'''pigeon-toed''' 
having toes that point inward, like this: / \

'''shifted antigens''' 
An antigenic shift generally refers to the medical term that explains how two strains of the influenza virus join together to form a new subtype and, in turn, become more virile. The new subtype has a mixture of the antigens from the originals. An antigen is the substance that stimulates the immune system. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/926623/antigenic-shift]

It's used here to refer to rumors about severe weather and the Quebec Junior Team. These rumors undergo an antigenic shift as they circulate around the locker room. They combine and are reconstituted as a new, more virile, rumor before being returned to the rumor's originator. 

'''the Csikszentmihalyi kid was doing a kind of piaffer''' 
A piaffer is a trot in place where the legs are lifted high. This type of trot is usually done by a horse, but it's part of the 'Csikszentmihalyi kid's' pre-game ritual to stretch his hip flexors. 

The name Csikszentmihalyi may be a humorous nod to the Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who is noted for his work in happiness and creativity. He is known as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology and proposed the concept of Flow. Flow is the mental state whereby a person is fully immersed and focused on an activity (such as Tennis). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi] 

'''hip-flexors''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_flexor muscles] that move the hip

'''an ascot or a very fey tie''' 
An ascot is a scarf or tie with broad ends typically worn for formal occasions[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot_tie]. If the tie very fey, it is excessively refined [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fey] or fancy to the point that it could be confused with an ascot.

'''invoking Camilla, goddess of speed and light step''' 
Camilla of Volsci, a heroine from Roman Mythology, found in Virgil's prose and ancient pottery paintings. Virgil claimed Camilla was so fast that she could run across the ocean without wetting her feet and across fields of grain without bending the grass. [http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Camilla_(mythology)] To 'invoke' is to petition for help with an incantation.[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invoking]

As part of their pre-match ritual, the female players, Thode and Donni Stott, can be heard praying to or otherwise petitioning Camilla whose light footed speed may translate to success on the court.

==Page 966==

'''Frankenstein''' 
or, more correctly, Frankenstein's monster

'''Hal''' 
who is clearly not narrating anymore, unless he is speaking of himself in the third person

'''malleolus''' 
a bony lump on the side of the ankle

'''Joni Mitchell''' 
Joni Mitchell (born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Wikipedia Entry].

'''occluded''' 
Closed off, shut in, or blocked off [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occlude]

'''they all in here existed basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and little routines''' 

A Fourier transform is a mathematical operation that transforms one function into another. This type of transform is named in honour of Joseph Fourier. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Fourier] To exist basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and routines is to exist as an abstraction where a student is trained in postures and routines is transformed into tennis player capable of executing a variation of those postures and routines.

'''ingenuish''' 
in the manner of an innocent young woman

'''moribund''' 
nearing death or in a terminal decline [http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/moribund?view=uk]

==Page 967==

'''Y.T.M.P.''' 
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]

'''ciquatoxic''' 
an alternate or mispelling of 'ciguatoxic'. Reef fish can carry ciguatoxins, which cause ciguatera food poisoning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguatera] in humans who consume the contaminated fish. These toxins may be specific to certain reefs, are concentrated up the food chain and as such are more likely to be present in larger reef fish, and cannot be destroyed by cooking and freezing [http://www.livefoodfishtrade.org/definitions.htm]

'''P.O.''' 
philharmonic orchestra

'''R.C. clergy''' 
Roman Catholic priesthood

'''Jesuit seminary'''
Theological training for the Society of Jesus Roman Catholic religious order of clerks, known as Jesuits. Jesuits are known for for their missionary work, social justice and human rights. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus]

==Page 968==

'''Sanger-Brown's ataxia''' 
another name for [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1672.html Marie's ataxia]

'''practicum''' 
the student-teaching portion of a teaching education

'''spiritually necrotic''' 
Necrosis usually refers to the localized death of cells within healthy tissue. To be spiritually necrotic is akin to having a dead spirit in an otherwise healthy body.

'''Jesuitical Endeavors''' 
An endeavor is a purposeful undertaking that requires boldness. Jesuitical endeavors are those undertaken as part of a Jesuit ministry.

'''Numero Uno''' 
Spanish for ''Number One'', used here as an expression to mean concern about only oneself.

'''ineluctable''' 
incapable of being avoided or changed

'''Apologia''' 
An Apologia is a defense of one's beliefs, religious or other. Here, Barry is out of his league in his ability to put up a good defense of the religious beliefs that may help get his brother out of his own spiritual funk.

==Page 969==

'''self-mimetic''' 
imitating one's self

'''...not that much unlike Alyosha and Ivan's conversations in the good old ''Brothers K''.''' 
''The Brother's Karamazov'' is a novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Ivan and Alyosha, main characters in the novel, are siblings. Alyosha has a faith in God that manifests in a love of mankind and Ivan is a rationalist who is burdened by his inability or unwillingness to believe in a God that could preside over an unjust world. In the novel the brothers, Ivan and Alyosha, discuss their opposing beliefs.

'''erudite''' 
scholarly

'''carcinogenic''' 
causing cancer

'''acerbity''' 
acidity

'''Ivan's Grand Inquisitor scenario''' 
Read this portion [http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/dostoevsky/grand.html here].

'''lumpen''' 
disenfrancished

'''solar plexus''' 
a complex of nerves in the abdomen

'''verminousness''' 
resembling vermin

'''mufti''' 
civilian dress - also a name for a type of Muslim scholar

==Page 970==

'''alms''' 
charity

'''silt''' 
very small grains of rock or sand

==Page 971==

'''fuliginous''' 
smoky or sooty

'''50° C''' 
122° Fahrenheit

=Orin=
==Page 971==

==Page 972==

''''Do it to her!''' '''''Do it to her!'''''' 
a reference to George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith shouts 'Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia!' under similar circumstances.

'''ham''' 
an actor who is bad by virtue of over-acting

=Final Chapter=

==Page 972==

'''confiteor''' 
a prayer of confession of sins

==Page 973==

==Endnote 385==

'''gram-negative''' 
this refers to a bacterium that does not show up in a violet stain using Gram's method - so in other words, the implication is that the doctor suspects Gately has a particularly resistant strain of bacteria within his body that previous antibiotics given to him have been ineffective in eliminating.

==Page 973 (cont.)==

'''"...look down her shirt and spell ''attic''..."''' 
and thus saying, "A-T-T-I-C" or "a titty I see"

==Page 974==

'''vertical hold''' 
the control on a television that prevents the picture from rolling bottom to top

==Page 975==

'''Weejuns''' 
a type of shoe, see [http://www.bassweejuns.com/ here]

==Page 976==

'''Jack Daniels''' 
a famous brand of bourbon whiskey

==Page 977==

'''S&W''' 
Smith & Wesson

'''2500-IU ampule''' 
IUs are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_unit international units], which converts to metric depending on the substance.

'''transvestals''' 
i.e., transvestites

==Page 978==

==Endnote 386==

'''Exocet''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet missile]

'''antagonists''' 
a drug that acts against an agonist, i.e., a drug that stimulates a certain receptor

==Page 978 (cont'd)==

'''Linda McCartney''' 
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (1941-1998) was an American photographer and wife of Beatle Paul McCartney (born 1943).

'''somebody had taken an old disk of McCartney and Wings [...] and run it through a Kurtzweil remixer and removed every track on the songs except the tracks of poor old Mrs. Linda McCartney singing backup and playing tambourine.''' 
An alleged isolated vocal track of Linda McCartney singing along to "Hey Jude" at a concert did circulate, but the production itself may have been a hoax. For more, see [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/03/audio_hoaxes_an.html here].

==Endnote 387==

'''pentazocine''' 
a synethetic opioid painkiller

==Endnote 387a==

'''dysmenorrhea''' 
pre-menstrual syndrome and/or painful periods

'''PX''' 
with a pharmaceutical as part of the name, it means it contains pentazocine

==Page 979==

'''hot shot''' 
an injection intended to kill

==Page 980==

'''ditty''' 
a little song

==Page 981==

'''"...the one about ultraviolence and sadism."''' 
Gately is thinking of Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/ A Clockwork Orange]

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==Page 964==

'''claret-colored''' 
A deep purplish red. Claret is also the name of a wine that is produced in the Bordeaux region of France and slang for 'blood'.[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fuller's+earth]

'''fuller's earth or sawdust''' 
Fuller's earth is an absorbent clay that is used in talcum powder. Sawdust and chalk (talcum) are used by tennis players to keep their grip dry.
[http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Archive/News/Lessons/Lessons/444102_The_Final_Word_Chalking_Up.aspx]

==Page 965==

'''pigeon-toed''' 
having toes that point inward, like this: / \

'''shifted antigens''' 
An antigenic shift generally refers to the medical term that explains how two strains of the influenza virus join together to form a new subtype and, in turn, become more virile. The new subtype has a mixture of the antigens from the originals. An antigen is the substance that stimulates the immune system. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/926623/antigenic-shift]

It's used here to refer to rumors about severe weather and the Quebec Junior Team. These rumors undergo an antigenic shift as they circulate around the locker room. They combine and are reconstituted as a new, more virile, rumor before being returned to the rumor's originator. 

'''the Csikszentmihalyi kid was doing a kind of piaffer''' 
A piaffer is a trot in place where the legs are lifted high. This type of trot is usually done by a horse, but it's part of the 'Csikszentmihalyi kid's' pre-game ritual to stretch his hip flexors. 

The name Csikszentmihalyi may be a humorous nod to the Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who is noted for his work in happiness and creativity. He is known as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology and proposed the concept of Flow. Flow is the mental state whereby a person is fully immersed and focused on an activity (such as Tennis). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi] 

'''hip-flexors''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_flexor muscles] that move the hip

'''an ascot or a very fey tie''' 
An ascot is a scarf or tie with broad ends typically worn for formal occasions[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot_tie]. If the tie very fey, it is excessively refined [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fey] or fancy to the point that it could be confused with an ascot.

'''invoking Camilla, goddess of speed and light step''' 
Camilla of Volsci, a heroine from Roman Mythology, found in Virgil's prose and ancient pottery paintings. Virgil claimed Camilla was so fast that she could run across the ocean without wetting her feet and across fields of grain without bending the grass. [http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Camilla_(mythology)] To 'invoke' is to petition for help with an incantation.[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invoking]

As part of their pre-match ritual, the female players, Thode and Donni Stott, can be heard praying to or otherwise petitioning Camilla whose light footed speed may translate to success on the court.

==Page 966==

'''Frankenstein''' 
or, more correctly, Frankenstein's monster

'''Hal''' 
who is clearly not narrating anymore, unless he is speaking of himself in the third person

'''malleolus''' 
a bony lump on the side of the ankle

'''Joni Mitchell''' 
Joni Mitchell (born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Wikipedia Entry].

'''occluded''' 
Closed off, shut in, or blocked off [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occlude]

'''they all in here existed basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and little routines''' 

A Fourier transform is a mathematical operation that transforms one function into another. This type of transform is named in honour of Joseph Fourier. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Fourier] To exist basically as Fourier Transforms of postures and routines is to exist as an abstraction where a student is trained in postures and routines is transformed into tennis player capable of executing a variation of those postures and routines.

'''ingenuish''' 
in the manner of an innocent young woman

'''moribund''' 
nearing death or in a terminal decline [http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/moribund?view=uk]

==Page 967==

'''Y.T.M.P.''' 
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]

'''ciquatoxic''' 
an alternate or mispelling of 'ciguatoxic'. Reef fish can carry ciguatoxins, which cause ciguatera food poisoning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciguatera] in humans who consume the contaminated fish. These toxins may be specific to certain reefs, are concentrated up the food chain and as such are more likely to be present in larger reef fish, and cannot be destroyed by cooking and freezing [http://www.livefoodfishtrade.org/definitions.htm]

'''P.O.''' 
philharmonic orchestra

'''R.C. clergy''' 
Roman Catholic priesthood

'''Jesuit seminary'''
Theological training for the Society of Jesus Roman Catholic religious order of clerks, known as Jesuits. Jesuits are known for for their missionary work, social justice and human rights. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus]

==Page 968==

'''Sanger-Brown's ataxia''' 
another name for [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1672.html Marie's ataxia]

'''practicum''' 
the student-teaching portion of a teaching education

'''spiritually necrotic''' 
Necrosis usually refers to the localized death of cells within healthy tissue. To be spiritually necrotic is akin to having a dead spirit in an otherwise healthy body.

'''Jesuitical Endeavors''' 
An endeavor is a purposeful undertaking that requires boldness. Jesuitical endeavors are those undertaken as part of a Jesuit ministry.

'''Numero Uno''' 
Spanish for ''Number One'', used here as an expression to mean concern about only oneself.

'''ineluctable''' 
incapable of being avoided or changed

'''Apologia''' 
An Apologia is a defense of one's beliefs, religious or other. Here, Barry is out of his league in his ability to put up a good defense of the religious beliefs that may help get his brother out of his own spiritual funk.

==Page 969==

'''self-mimetic''' 
imitating one's self

'''...not that much unlike Alyosha and Ivan's conversations in the good old ''Brothers K''.''' 
''The Brother's Karamazov'' is a novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Ivan and Alyosha, main characters in the novel, are siblings. Alyosha has a faith in God that manifests in a love of mankind and Ivan is a rationalist who is burdened by his inability or unwillingness to believe in a God that could preside over an unjust world. In the novel the brothers, Ivan and Alyosha, discuss their opposing beliefs.

'''erudite''' 
scholarly

'''carcinogenic''' 
causing cancer

'''acerbity''' 
acidity

'''Ivan's Grand Inquisitor scenario''' 
Read this portion [http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/dostoevsky/grand.html here].

'''lumpen''' 
disenfrancished

'''solar plexus''' 
a complex of nerves in the abdomen

'''verminousness''' 
resembling vermin

'''mufti''' 
civilian dress - also a name for a type of Muslim scholar

==Page 970==

'''alms''' 
charity

'''silt''' 
very small grains of rock or sand

==Page 971==

'''fuliginous''' 
smoky or sooty

'''50° C''' 
122° Fahrenheit

=Orin=
==Page 971==

==Page 972==

''''Do it to her!''' '''''Do it to her!'''''' 
a reference to George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith shouts 'Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia!' under similar circumstances.

'''ham''' 
an actor who is bad by virtue of over-acting

=Final Chapter=

==Page 972==

'''confiteor''' 
a prayer of confession of sins

==Page 973==

==Endnote 385==

'''gram-negative''' 
this refers to a bacterium that does not show up in a violet stain using Gram's method - so in other words, the implication is that the doctor suspects Gately has a particularly resistant strain of bacteria within his body that previous antibiotics given to him have been ineffective in eliminating.

==Page 973 (cont.)==

'''"...look down her shirt and spell ''attic''..."''' 
and thus saying, "A-T-T-I-C" or "a titty I see"

==Page 974==

'''vertical hold''' 
the control on a television that prevents the picture from rolling bottom to top

==Page 975==

'''Weejuns''' 
a type of shoe, see [http://www.bassweejuns.com/ here]

==Page 976==

'''Jack Daniels''' 
a famous brand of bourbon whiskey

==Page 977==

'''S&W''' 
Smith & Wesson

'''2500-IU ampule''' 
IUs are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_unit international units], which converts to metric depending on the substance.

'''transvestals''' 
i.e., transvestites

==Page 978==

==Endnote 386==

'''Exocet''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet missile]

'''antagonists''' 
a drug that acts against an agonist, i.e., a drug that stimulates a certain receptor

==Page 978 (cont'd)==

'''Linda McCartney''' 
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (1941-1998) was an American photographer and wife of Beatle Paul McCartney (born 1943).

'''somebody had taken an old disk of McCartney and Wings [...] and run it through a Kurtzweil remixer and removed every track on the songs except the tracks of poor old Mrs. Linda McCartney singing backup and playing tambourine.''' 
An alleged isolated vocal track of Linda McCartney singing along to "Hey Jude" at a concert did circulate, but the production itself may have been a hoax. See

==Endnote 387==

'''pentazocine''' 
a synethetic opioid painkiller

==Endnote 387a==

'''dysmenorrhea''' 
pre-menstrual syndrome and/or painful periods

'''PX''' 
with a pharmaceutical as part of the name, it means it contains pentazocine

==Page 979==

'''hot shot''' 
an injection intended to kill

==Page 980==

'''ditty''' 
a little song

==Page 981==

'''"...the one about ultraviolence and sadism."''' 
Gately is thinking of Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/ A Clockwork Orange]

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==Page 934==

==Page 935==

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

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

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

==Page 936==

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

'''ICBM''' 
intercontinental ballistic missile

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

==Page 937==

'''imprimatur''' 
sanction or approval

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

'''ruddled''' 
reddened

'''serration''' 
notches in the edges

==Page 938==

'''belled''' 
rang like a bell

=Joelle Talks About the Entertainment=

==Page 938==

==Page 939==

'''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==

=Hal Narrates (Still)=
==Page 941==

'''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]

==Page 943==

==Page 944==

'''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.
David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan worked together on the movies Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), and the TV series Twin Peaks (1990-1991).

'''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

==Page 945==

'''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''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt], the 32nd President of the United States. He often used a cigarette holder as seen in the photo on the right.

'''canopied''' 
framed with curtains

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

'''ponce''' 
an effeminate man

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

==Page 946==

'''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

==Page 951==

[[File:Fritz_lang_directing_metropolis.jpg|thumb|right|The photo of Fritz Lang directing Metropolis. Also appeared on the copy of ''The Cinema Book'' that Wallace owned[http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2010/03/08/infinite-possibilities-a-first-glimpse-into-david-foster-wallace%E2%80%99s-library/][http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/fb/e8/0eb681b0c8a03b9679fea110._AA240_.L.jpg], and was one of the photographs Wallace considered using on the cover of ''Infinite Jest'' (mentioned in ''Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself'').]]
'''framed print of Lang directing Metropolis''' 
See photo.

'''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]

==Page 953==

'''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

=After the Interview=

==Page 958==

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

=Hi, Mikey=

==Page 958==

==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

=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

==Page 963==

==Page 964==

'''NoCoat LinguaScraper''' 
Fictional product mentioned on [http://wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=Pages_127-156#Page_151 Page 151].

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==Page 934==

==Page 935==

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

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

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

==Page 936==

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

'''ICBM''' 
intercontinental ballistic missile

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

==Page 937==

'''imprimatur''' 
sanction or approval

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

'''ruddled''' 
reddened

'''serration''' 
notches in the edges

==Page 938==

'''belled''' 
rang like a bell

=Joelle Talks About the Entertainment=

==Page 938==

==Page 939==

'''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==

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==Page 941==

'''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]

==Page 943==

==Page 944==

'''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.
David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan worked together on the movie Blue Velvet (1986) and the TV series Twin Peaks (1990-1991).

'''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

==Page 945==

'''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''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt], the 32nd President of the United States. He often used a cigarette holder as seen in the photo on the right.

'''canopied''' 
framed with curtains

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

'''ponce''' 
an effeminate man

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

==Page 946==

'''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

==Page 950==

'''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

==Page 951==

[[File:Fritz_lang_directing_metropolis.jpg|thumb|right|The photo of Fritz Lang directing Metropolis. Also appeared on the copy of ''The Cinema Book'' that Wallace owned[http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2010/03/08/infinite-possibilities-a-first-glimpse-into-david-foster-wallace%E2%80%99s-library/][http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/fb/e8/0eb681b0c8a03b9679fea110._AA240_.L.jpg], and was one of the photographs Wallace considered using on the cover of ''Infinite Jest'' (mentioned in ''Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself'').]]
'''framed print of Lang directing Metropolis''' 
See photo.

'''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]

==Page 953==

'''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

=After the Interview=

==Page 958==

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

=Hi, Mikey=

==Page 958==

==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

=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

==Page 963==

==Page 964==

'''NoCoat LinguaScraper''' 
Fictional product mentioned on [http://wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=Pages_127-156#Page_151 Page 151].

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63; Strategic Air Command

'''SACPOP''' 
324; Eschaton term. Literally: Strikes Against Civilian Populations. Figuratively: to go "postal."

'''Sagan, Carl''' 
745; (1934-1996) pop-astronomer of whom Orin does an impression

'''St. Columbkill Sunday Night Group''' 
209; 12-Step group; 856;

'''St. Elizabeth's Hospital''' 
209; in Boston, MA

'''St. Mel's Hospital''' 
86; where Ewell detoxed

'''St.-Simone, Kimberly''' 
38

'''samizdat''' 
91; Russian: "any sort of politically underground or beyond-the-pale press or the stuff published thereby" 1011; "the Entertainment" as, 490, 549; 658;

'''Sandoz Pharmaceuticals''' 
170; where LSD was first created; 927; where Dr. Robert Monroe interned

'''San Simeon''' 
952; floor plans for, at Qal'at Si'man

'''Sarge''' 
860; "Ferocious Francis's own sponsor, the nearly dead guy they wheel to White Flag"

'''Saturday Night Lively''' 
555;

'''S.A.S.''' 
138; Substance Abuse Services

'''Saudi Minister of Home Entertainment''' 
33

'''Sawyer, Dean''' 
7; Dean of Admissions at Univ. of AZ, interviewing Hal

'''Schacht, Ted''' 
31; 50; ETA senior; rooms w/Pemulis & Troeltsch; Crohn's Disease, 103, 266, 633; tight with Mario and with Lyle, 263; "doesn't care all that much whether he wins anymore" 306; "thick and solid" 457;

'''Schtitt, Gerhardt''' 
52; 70-year-old Head Coach and Athletic Director at ETA; about, 79; "We Are What We Walk Between" 81; in love with a tree, 83; smokes pipe, 391; early supporter of J. Gentle, fn.169/1031; "Traversion is character" fn.234/1039; "self-transcendence through pain" 660; with Mario heading for Evangeline's Low-Temperature Confections, 701; listening to Wagner, 755;

'''Schwulst''' 
835; "a poseur like"

'''Scooter-Puppies''' 
207; what Boston Bikers refer to themselves as

'''Scorsese, Martin''' 
944; American film director (''Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Casino, Kundun,'' etc.)

'''Seinfeld, Jerry''' 
834; American comedian and TV actor

'''Selwyn''' 
735; paranoid addict who raves about the "metal" people to Maranthe; 748

'''''senza errori''''' 
165; never-miss consistency; 675; (italian: "without errors")

'''Sergeant at Arms''' 
359; the well-dressed man outside the Boston AA meetings, in Gately's dream, yanked people out with a shepherd's staff; 463; 468;

'''sexism''' 
"high-pitched grunts that if girls could only hear what their own grunts sounded like they'd cut it out" [He''really'' writes that!]

'''Shantell''' 
37; lives with Wardine (sister?); daughter of black addict

'''Sharing and Caring''' 
546; NA group, St. E's

'''Shattuck Shelter for Homeless Males''' 
272; where Gately works as a janitor; 434; 709;

'''Shaw, Colonel''' 
223; "equestrian statue of" in Boston, draped in Québecois flag

'''Shaw, Tall Paul''' 
50; ETA student; sponsorship, 266;

'''Shed, The''' 
196; Unit #5 at Ennet House, where catatonics are "stored"

'''Sherman statutes''' 
411;

'''Sherman, W.T. (William Tecumseh)''' 
925; "with the ladies" (1820-1891) "American Union general. Appointed commander of all Union troops in the West (1864), he captured Atlanta (1864) and led a destructive March to the Sea, which effectively cut the Confederacy in two." (American Heritage Dictionary)

'''Shiny Prize Biting Shoats''' 
741; KY football team on which the first boy ever to approach Joelle in a male-female way played as a lineman ("half blind on Everclear punch"), 741;

'''Show, the''' 
53; pro-level sports, specif. the A.T.P. tour (111); 109; 111; "When you hit the Show is when you'll understand''primitive''" 243; 259; 263; 269;

'''Shuco-Mist Medical Pressure Systems''' 
198; near Boston, MA

'''Sidney or Stanley''' 
619; "hammered" security guy at Gately/Nuck altercation

'''Sierpinski gasket''' 
213; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle Sierpinski gasket] (aka Sierpinski triangle) is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractals fractal] using equilateral triangles; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski Waclaw Sierpinski] (1882-1969), Polish mathmetician

'''Silvie''' 
51

'''Sir Osis of Thuliver''' 
834; play on words: cirrhosis of the liver.

'''Siress, Erica''' 
514; young ETA student

'''Sixties Bob''' 
''See'' [[M#Monroe|Monroe, Bob]]

'''Skull''' 
208; Ennet House resident

'''Slobodan''' 
525; "barrel-chested Latvian" satellite pro (fn.221)

'''slope''' 
131; ethnic slur for an Asian person

'''Smith, Burt F.''' 
130; (not named) mugged by Poor Tony and left to die; Ennet House resident with no hands or feet, 274;

'''Smith, Stan''' 
110; Tennis pro whose cartridge Hal and his Buddies are viewing

'''Smothergill, Phillip T.''' 
229; "insufferable child actor"; 714; in Himself's''Low-Temperature Physics'', fn.24/991;

'''Snout''' 
582; rock band

'''Sol Hoopi Players''' 
583; Don Ho's back-up band

'''Sorkin, Whity''' 
131; addict buddy of C's in the days of his youth; scammed by Fackelmann, 886; "the migrainous bookie" 892; "terrible cranio-facial neuralgia" 913; arrives for Fackelmann's demise

'''''Sorrow and the Pity, The''''' 
835; Gately "wiggling his pinkie to indicate the world's smallest viola playing the theme from" (1971 documentary. 4+ hour long French film documenting French attitudes toward the German occupation in WWII and in particular their (the French's) complicity therewith.)

'''special attaché to the Saudi Minister''' 
33

'''Spider, The''' 
274; aka the Disease aka addiction/dependence

'''Spodek, Carol''' 
102; ETA student; 198; 636; Big Buddy to Kittenplan, 758;

'''sporting lint''' 
202; Boston street term for having no money

'''Spur, The''' 
154; "outlying district zoned for sprawl" where Pemulis is from (in Allston, MA); 180

'''Star''' 
896; aka MDMA, Ecstacy

'''Statue of Liberty''' 
"Libertine Statute, wearing some type of enormous adult-design diaper" 33; "other arm holds aloft a product [...] changed each 1 Jan." 367

'''Steenbok, Danielle''' 
208; Ennet House alumna & volunteer counselor; Gompert's counselor, 361; rumored to attend Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, 462;

'''Steeply, M. Hugh (aka Helen)''' 
88; Unspecified Services field operative; described, 93; his "green sedan subsidized by a painful ad" 107 (see also p.327); "made his early career [...] conducting technical interviews" 108; aka "Helen" the journalist--story about heart-in-a-purse lady, 142; "Putative Curriculum Vitae" of Helen, 227; 317; "assigned to cultivate some of the Entertainment's alleged filmmaker's relatives and inner circles" 375; 1012; going to ETA as "Helen" fn.147/1028; "the ugliest supposedly female feet" 419; what America really wants, 423; 565; 622; at ETA, 627; his father, 638; H.H., 639; kid sister, 643; at Stice/Hal match, 652;

'''stelliform''' 
"sharp star of frond-shade" 165; "star's points" 187; Stelliform Cultism, 560; "perfectly round [...] radiating knives of light" 88; "gigantic asterisk shadows" 88; something Lenz talks about; "antihistorical American stelliformism" fn.304/1058; "stelliform offshoots" of''Le Assassins'' " fn.304/1060;

'''stemming''' 
203; metro Boston for panhandling

'''Steve's donuts''' 
129; junkie hangout in Enfield Squar[e], Boston

'''Stewart, Rod''' 
44; British rock singer ("Rod the Mod")

'''Stice, Ortho ("the Darkness")''' 
17; patriotic ETA student; big fan of Schtitt, 105; Big Buddy to Wagenknecht; 264; rooms w/Coyle, 394; conferring w/Lyle, 394; fn.185; crewcutted, 520; counterphobia, 550; parents (Mr. Stice and The Bride), 628;11/11/YDAU match w/Hal described, 652; forehead stuck to window, 865; 3 statisticians joke, 867; bed is on the ceiling, 942; bet Coyle "he could stand on his desk chair and lift it up at the same time" 943;

'''Stockhausen''' 
281; ETA student on "C" team, singing opera on the bus

'''Stokely-van Camp Corp.''' 
329; candded- and frozen vegetable conglomerate (?)

'''Store 24''' 
206; where McDade works

'''Stott, Donnie''' 
121; ETA student; Donni, 523, 965; "Valley-Map laugher" fn.324/1067;

'''Stove, Betty''' 
123; "Power-game tradition"; Dutch tennis player of the mid-70s, winner of numerous Grand Slam doubles titles playing with Wendy Turnbull.

'''Struck, James Albrecht Lockley, Jr.''' 
49; of Orinda, CA; ETA student and Big Buddy to Tallat-Kelpsa, Traub & Whale; Gopnik); pet tarantula, 519; wears braces, 638; studying Québec-separatist history, fn.304/1055; about his dissipated dad, fn.304/1058;

'''student engineer at WYYY''' 
82; 239; kidnapped, 622-26; 726-27;

'''Subject, The''' 
43; Orin's affectionate moniker for his partners in one-night stands; 566;

'''Subsidized Era''' 
151; when corporations sponsor a year, which year the sponsor may name, at the end of which year they sell the sponsorship to the highest bidder; chronology, 223 (first was B.S.2002 ['''note''': I left this 2002 thing in because I couldn't disprove it, but nor can I recall in the text where one can fix subsidized time to "regular" time. In fact when I did it I came up with a different year. I can't recall how I came up with my answer either. -SMR-]; "Subsidized Time," 234; 260; "a revenue-response to the heady costs of the U.S.'s Reconfigurative giveaway" 438; 439-42; fn.304/1057;

'''Sudbury Half-Measures Avail Us Nothing Group''' 
563; AA group whose Chair used to be a nuclear auditor for the Defense industry ("used tod wear a four-piece suit and the fourth piece was him")

'''Sunstrand Power & Light''' 
342; Himself's ad for, fn.24/986; "like being down at Sunstrand Plaza when they fired the transformers" fn.234/1042; "O.N.A.N.-Sunstrand waste-intensive fusion facility up in what used to be Montpelier"

'''Sutherland, Joan''' 
fn.324/1069; theme; (b. 1926, Australian operatic soprano)

'''Svelte Nail Co.''' 
540; "just east of Watertown on No. Harvard St." in Boston

'''Sweeny, Chip''' 
552; younger ETA student

'''Swinburne''', Algernon Charles. (1837-1909) 
fn.269/1047; British poet and critic who wrote musical, often erotic verse in which he attacked the conventions of Victorian morality. (American Heritage Dictionary)

'''Syrian Satellite Pro''' 
216; at ETA for "two paid weeks of corrective instruction"

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'''cognomen''' 
a nickname

'''pre-infarcted''' 
an infarct is when a piece of organ tissue, usually in the brain or heart (stroke or heart attack, respectively), is deprived of oxygen for a period of time because of a blockage or thrombosis, and either dies or is significantly weakened

'''fullback''' 
the running back farthest from the line of scrimmage

'''a 4.4 40''' 
He could run 40 meters in 4.4 seconds.

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'''"...in a flaming L.A...."''' 
This would make the year 1992.

'''"some Finest got home-movied..."''' 
This is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King Rodney King] beating.

'''Orkin''' 
a large exterminator company

'''screwdrivers''' 
vodka and orange juice

'''brownshirts and jackboots''' 
things worn by Nazis -- jackboots are combat boots that go to mid-calf

'''Zog''' 
i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson

'''''The Turner Diaries''''' 
Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing.

'''desBois''' 
the plural of ''duBois''

'''sinsemilla''' 
cultivated high potency marijuana

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'''Hefenreffer''' 
apparently a real brand

'''B.M.S.''' 
Beverly Middle School

'''tapir''' 
a very long-nosed animal - see a picture [http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/sexsf/tapir10609.jpg here]

'''Erlenmeyer Flasks''' 
Read about them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenmeyer_flask here].T

'''"...to cyclize OH..."''' 
To cyclize something is to have it form rings. OH is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical hydroxy radical].

==Endnote 364==

'''Love Boat''' 
actually commonly used as a nickname for marijuana laced with PCP

==Page 904 (cont'd)==

'''Farberware''' 
a brand name of pots and pans

'''tetrahydrofuran''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrofuran solvent]

'''PVC''' 
polyvinyl chloride

'''48 contigs''' 
48 continguous United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

'''6 provinces''' 
presumably the six Canadian provinces that border the contiguous 48 states, i.e., British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec

'''Sominex''' 
a brand name of antihistamine sleeping aid

'''H3C''' 
methyl group

'''mnemonic brown-out''' 
a sort of memory lapse short of a blackout

'''droogs''' 
a word from Anthony Burgess's invented [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadsat Nadsat language] from the novel 'A Clockwork Orange'; it means 'friends'

==Page 905==

'''truancy''' 
skipping school

'''A.D.D.''' 
Attention Deficit Disorder

'''strabysmic''' 
cross-eyed

'''''sieg-heil''''' 
German for "hail victory," the reference is to the Nazis.

'''aveil''' 
i.e., avail

'''Water Lou''' 
i.e., Waterloo

==Page 906==

'''''Howl''''' 
a famous [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308 poem] by Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), American poet

'''Chaucerian English''' 
You can read an example [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales/General_Prologue here].

'''enervated''' 
weakened

'''M.S.''' 
multiple sclerosis

'''Lou Gehrig's''' 
the more common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which the famous New York Yankee suffered from

'''Salem State U.''' 
There is a [http://www.salemstate.edu/ Salem State College], but not a university.

=Hal Wakes Up (Maybe?)=

==Page 906==

==Page 907==

'''Javol''' 
It's unclear how Hal is pronouncing this word, but he likely means ''Jawohl'', German for an emphatic "yes."

==Page 908==

'''''tu-savez-quoi''''' 
(bad) French: You know what

'''bacchanal''' 
a wild party or orgy

'''M.M.''' 
Michael Matthew

'''Shi'ite Moslems''' 
Muslims who believe that Ali was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad

'''mullah''' 
a title of respect for one educated in Islamic law

'''unitard''' 
a bodysuit or one-piece leotard

==Page 909==

[[Image:Zorro.jpg|right|200px]]

'''Zorro''' 
See right

'''porcine''' 
like a swine

'''vantage''' 
point of view

'''mano-a-tete''' 
combination of "mano-a-mano" and "tête-à-tête", both essentially meaning one-on-one.

==Page 910==

'''50 kilos''' 
over 110 pounds

'''tam-o'-shanter''' 
a Scottish style hat sometimes with a tassel, feather, or pompon in the center

'''Ocean Spray''' 
a brand name of cranberry juice

==Page 911==

'''hydrophobia''' 
fear of water

'''pandemic''' 
an epidemic that spreads through human populations across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide

'''Peterson's ''The Cage''''' 
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440309/ The Cage (1947)], by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Peterson Sidney Peterson]

'''teleologic''' 
regarding a final cause

'''aridly''' 
dryly

==Endnote 366==

'''Professor H. Bloom''' 
Harold Bloom (born 1930) is a prominent American literary critic.

'''artistic ''influenza''''' 
not actually one of Bloom's concepts

'''peripatetic''' 
walking around

==Page 911 (cont'd)==

'''''clinamen''''' 
this refers to the indeterminate, unpredictable motion of atoms in an otherwise determinable system - read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinamen here].

'''''tessera''''' 
this appears to refer to the curved parallelogram-shaped individual tiles that make up mosaics - read about them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera here].

'''''kenosis''''' 
this is a Greek word that means "emptiness," and is a term in Christian theology that refers to Jesus relinquishing the form of God by becoming human and dying on a cross - you can read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosis here].

'''''daemonization''''' 
the word "daemon" is a variant of two words: "demon," with all of its obvious meanings and connotations among various religions and mythologies, and "daimon," which is a Platonic term that signifies something or someone intermediate between the human and the divine, or sometimes used to mean "genius." "Daemon" is also used to refer to, in computer science, a computer program that runs idly in the background - it is not clear if this was a meaning that would be known to Wallace at the time he wrote ''Infinite Jest'', however.

'''''askesis''''' 
asceticism; strict self-discipline and control for religious purposes

=More Gately History=

==Page 911==

'''Saugus''' 
a suburb about 10 miles north of Boston

==Page 912==

'''B&E''' 
breaking and entering

'''prenominate''' 
named beforehand

'''priapistic''' 
having priapisms, or painful, long lasting erections

'''Teddibly Soddy''' 
terribly sorry

'''vigorish''' 

the bookie's fee for his services

==Endnote 367==

'''Pen Registers''' 
an electronic device that records the phone numbers of outgoing calls on a particular line

==Page 913==

'''Cafergot''' 
A medication named after its combination of caffeine and ergotamine titrate, the chemical precursor to LSD; used to treat migraine headaches. Read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafergot here].

==Endnote 368==

'''Cimetidine''' 
actually an antacid -- strange that Wallace would make such an error, so perhaps it's deliberate

==Page 914==

==Endnote 369==

'''Mace''' 
a brand name of pepper spray

==Page 914 (cont'd)==

'''Osco''' 
a pharmacy chain

'''the Virus''' 
i.e., HIV

==Page 915==

'''respiritic''' 
presumably having something to do with breathing

'''laminating''' 
sealing in plastic

==Page 916==

'''The B.U. punter''' 
a.k.a. Orin Incandenza

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'''cognomen''' 
a nickname

'''pre-infarcted''' 
an infarct is when a piece of organ tissue, usually in the brain or heart (stroke or heart attack, respectively), is deprived of oxygen for a period of time because of a blockage or thrombosis, and either dies or is significantly weakened

'''fullback''' 
the running back farthest from the line of scrimmage

'''a 4.4 40''' 
He could run 40 meters in 4.4 seconds.

==Page 903==

'''"...in a flaming L.A...."''' 
This would make the year 1992.

'''"some Finest got home-movied..."''' 
This is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King Rodney King] beating.

'''Orkin''' 
a large exterminator company

'''screwdrivers''' 
vodka and orange juice

'''brownshirts and jackboots''' 
things worn by Nazis -- jackboots are combat boots that go to mid-calf

'''Zog''' 
i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson

'''''The Turner Diaries''''' 
Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing.

'''desBois''' 
the plural of ''duBois''

'''sinsemilla''' 
cultivated high potency marijuana

==Page 904==

'''Hefenreffer''' 
apparently a real brand

'''B.M.S.''' 
Beverly Middle School

'''tapir''' 
a very long-nosed animal - see a picture [http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/sexsf/tapir10609.jpg here]

'''Erlenmeyer Flasks''' 
Read about them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenmeyer_flask here].T

'''"...to cyclize OH..."''' 
To cyclize something is to have it form rings. OH is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical hydroxy radical].

==Endnote 364==

'''Love Boat''' 
actually commonly used as a nickname for marijuana laced with PCP

==Page 904 (cont'd)==

'''Farberware''' 
a brand name of pots and pans

'''tetrahydrofuran''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrofuran solvent]

'''PVC''' 
polyvinyl chloride

'''48 contigs''' 
48 continguous United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

'''6 provinces''' 
presumably the six Canadian provinces that border the contiguous 48 states, i.e., British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec

'''Sominex''' 
a brand name of antihistamine sleeping aid

'''H3C''' 
methyl group

'''mnemonic brown-out''' 
a sort of memory lapse short of a blackout

'''droogs''' 
an invented word meaning friends, from Anthony Burgess's novel 'A Clockwork Orange'

==Page 905==

'''truancy''' 
skipping school

'''A.D.D.''' 
Attention Deficit Disorder

'''strabysmic''' 
cross-eyed

'''''sieg-heil''''' 
German for "hail victory," the reference is to the Nazis.

'''aveil''' 
i.e., avail

'''Water Lou''' 
i.e., Waterloo

==Page 906==

'''''Howl''''' 
a famous [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15308 poem] by Irwin Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), American poet

'''Chaucerian English''' 
You can read an example [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales/General_Prologue here].

'''enervated''' 
weakened

'''M.S.''' 
multiple sclerosis

'''Lou Gehrig's''' 
the more common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which the famous New York Yankee suffered from

'''Salem State U.''' 
There is a [http://www.salemstate.edu/ Salem State College], but not a university.

=Hal Wakes Up (Maybe?)=

==Page 906==

==Page 907==

'''Javol''' 
It's unclear how Hal is pronouncing this word, but he likely means ''Jawohl'', German for an emphatic "yes."

==Page 908==

'''''tu-savez-quoi''''' 
(bad) French: You know what

'''bacchanal''' 
a wild party or orgy

'''M.M.''' 
Michael Matthew

'''Shi'ite Moslems''' 
Muslims who believe that Ali was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad

'''mullah''' 
a title of respect for one educated in Islamic law

'''unitard''' 
a bodysuit or one-piece leotard

==Page 909==

[[Image:Zorro.jpg|right|200px]]

'''Zorro''' 
See right

'''porcine''' 
like a swine

'''vantage''' 
point of view

'''mano-a-tete''' 
combination of "mano-a-mano" and "tête-à-tête", both essentially meaning one-on-one.

==Page 910==

'''50 kilos''' 
over 110 pounds

'''tam-o'-shanter''' 
a Scottish style hat sometimes with a tassel, feather, or pompon in the center

'''Ocean Spray''' 
a brand name of cranberry juice

==Page 911==

'''hydrophobia''' 
fear of water

'''pandemic''' 
an epidemic that spreads through human populations across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide

'''Peterson's ''The Cage''''' 
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440309/ The Cage (1947)], by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Peterson Sidney Peterson]

'''teleologic''' 
regarding a final cause

'''aridly''' 
dryly

==Endnote 366==

'''Professor H. Bloom''' 
Harold Bloom (born 1930) is a prominent American literary critic.

'''artistic ''influenza''''' 
not actually one of Bloom's concepts

'''peripatetic''' 
walking around

==Page 911 (cont'd)==

'''''clinamen''''' 
this refers to the indeterminate, unpredictable motion of atoms in an otherwise determinable system - read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinamen here].

'''''tessera''''' 
this appears to refer to the curved parallelogram-shaped individual tiles that make up mosaics - read about them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera here].

'''''kenosis''''' 
this is a Greek word that means "emptiness," and is a term in Christian theology that refers to Jesus relinquishing the form of God by becoming human and dying on a cross - you can read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosis here].

'''''daemonization''''' 
the word "daemon" is a variant of two words: "demon," with all of its obvious meanings and connotations among various religions and mythologies, and "daimon," which is a Platonic term that signifies something or someone intermediate between the human and the divine, or sometimes used to mean "genius." "Daemon" is also used to refer to, in computer science, a computer program that runs idly in the background - it is not clear if this was a meaning that would be known to Wallace at the time he wrote ''Infinite Jest'', however.

'''''askesis''''' 
asceticism; strict self-discipline and control for religious purposes

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'''Saugus''' 
a suburb about 10 miles north of Boston

==Page 912==

'''B&E''' 
breaking and entering

'''prenominate''' 
named beforehand

'''priapistic''' 
having priapisms, or painful, long lasting erections

'''Teddibly Soddy''' 
terribly sorry

'''vigorish''' 

the bookie's fee for his services

==Endnote 367==

'''Pen Registers''' 
an electronic device that records the phone numbers of outgoing calls on a particular line

==Page 913==

'''Cafergot''' 
A medication named after its combination of caffeine and ergotamine titrate, the chemical precursor to LSD; used to treat migraine headaches. Read about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafergot here].

==Endnote 368==

'''Cimetidine''' 
actually an antacid -- strange that Wallace would make such an error, so perhaps it's deliberate

==Page 914==

==Endnote 369==

'''Mace''' 
a brand name of pepper spray

==Page 914 (cont'd)==

'''Osco''' 
a pharmacy chain

'''the Virus''' 
i.e., HIV

==Page 915==

'''respiritic''' 
presumably having something to do with breathing

'''laminating''' 
sealing in plastic

==Page 916==

'''The B.U. punter''' 
a.k.a. Orin Incandenza

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==Page 884==

'''''Ethan From''''' 
Gately means [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome Ethan Frome].

'''''OMMATOPHORIC''''' 
having eyes at the ends of stalks

'''''ghostwords''''' 
a word that has come into existence by error rather than by normal linguistic transmission, as through the mistaken reading of a manuscript, a scribal error, or a misprint. ([http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ghost+words Dictionary.com])

==Page 885==

'''cuneiform''' 
the writing of ancient Sumer, made by digging a wedge into clay

'''Marshall Plan''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan plan] to rebuild Germany after WWII

'''Shane''' 
a reference to a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046303/ popular western film]

==Page 886==

'''Synovial''' 
of or pertaining to the fluid that lubricates the joints

'''renal calculus''' 
kidney stones

'''ectopic labor''' 
pregnancy in the fallopian tube

'''ibuprofen''' 
the generic name for Advil

'''antipyretic''' 
designed to combat fever

'''SR''' 
Usually in drug names, this stands for "sustained release."

'''Dilaudid''' 
brand name for hydromorphone hydrochloride

'''bayou''' 
a marshy arm of a lake

'''C-II''' 
These drugs are highly addictive. Cocaine is in this class, as it is still used legally in dentistry.

==Page 887==

'''Hydrocodone''' 
also the active ingredient in Vicodin

'''Oxycodone-nalaxone''' 
Oxycodone also the active ingredient in Oxycontin. Naloxone blocks (partially, one must guess) the effects of opioids, probably to reduce abuse potential.

==Endnote 358==

'''NX''' 
Attached to a drug name, this means it contains Naloxone.

==Page 888==

==Page 889==

==Page 890==

'''somnolent''' 
drowsy

==Page 891==

'''concentric circles''' 
circles within circles

'''chintz''' 
printed, glazed fabric, usually of bright colors

'''the lobsters' eyes' stalks''' 
see ''OMMATOPHORIC'' earlier on pg. 884

'''Ipswich''' 
a town in northern Massachusetts about 40 miles east of Nashua, N.H.

'''intra-ocular''' 
within the eye

==Page 892==

'''Bufferin''' 
a brand of aspirin with a protectant for the stomach

'''JFK Library''' 
the Kennedy [http://www.jfklibrary.org/ Presidential library], located in Boston

==Page 893==

'''libido''' 
sex drive

'''ebubblient''' 
they mean "ebullient"

'''''hatbeat''''' 
i.e., heartbeat

'''tittymount''' 
tantamount

==Page 894==

'''scuttlebutt''' 
gossip, rumor

==Page 895==

'''''FLEET''''' 
a brand of enema

'''alacrity''' 
eagerness

'''mortification''' 
extreme embarrassment

==Page 896==

=Hal Continues Narrating=

==Page 896==

'''''Tosca''''' 
an opera by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), an Italian composer

'''overcognitive''' 
thinking too much

==Page 897==

'''megagram''' 
a million grams, or slightly over 2,200 pounds

==Page 898==

'''''Yale Journal of Alcohol Studies''''' 
There is no such journal.

'''183.6 cm.''' 
a little over six feet tall

'''mylar''' 
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PET_film_(biaxially_oriented) PET film]

'''197 cm.''' 
over 6'10"

'''Vaipassana''' 
a type of Buddhist meditation ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassanā Wikipedia])

'''"...etymology of the word ''blizzard''..."''' 
While Hal believes the etymology is unknown, there is one offered [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blizzard here].

'''lumiphobia''' 
probably fear of light, although the proper term is "photophobia"

==Page 899==

'''averred''' 
asserted with confidence

'''neologism''' 
a newly coined word

'''"...corruption of the French ''blesser,''..."''' 
''Blesser'' is French for "to injure or wound."

'''''Northern Vindicator''''' 
the name of several real publications

[[Subsidized Time|Y.T.M.P.]]

==Page 900==

'''Sitney and Schneewind's'' Dictionary of Environmental Sciences''''' 
There is no such book, but the name Schneewind is German for "snow wind."

'''12 cm.''' 
about 4.73 inches

'''60 kph.''' 
about 38.3 miles per hour

'''500 meters''' 
a little over 1,650 feet

'''perspicacity''' 
keenness of perception

'''topology''' 
the mathematical study of sets

'''philately''' 
stamp collecting

'''gerundives''' 
the verbal adjective or future passive participle -- in English, these end in "ing"; in German they end in "ung"

==Page 901==

'''phocomelic''' 
having extremely short limbs

'''Brattleboro''' 
a town in Vermont about 75 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

'''achondroplastic''' 
having dwarfism as a result of a disorder of bone and cartilage

'''homodontic''' 
this appears to mean "having teeth that are all of similar form"

'''bicuspid''' 
another name for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicuspid premolar] teeth

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'''sarcophagus''' 
coffin

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==Page 827==

==Page 828==

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

'''holding his cheek and jaw when he talks like cutout photos of the late J. Benny''' 
Comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974) would often hold his chin with his hand while addressing an audience. See Benny's statue in Cucamonga where he is holding his cheek and jaw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bennystatue.jpg].

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

==Page 829==

==Page 830==

'''phantasms''' 
apparitions or specters

==Page 831==

'''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.

==Page 832==

'''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. [cf. scopophobic (p.226) & scopophiliac (p.230)]

'''''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.

==Page 834==

'''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

==Page 835==

'''''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

==Page 836==

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

==Page 837==

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

==Page 838==

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

==Page 839==

'''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

==Page 840==

'''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).

==Page 841==

'''fencing''' 
to sell stolen goods

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

==Page 842==

'''lit''' 
landed

==Page 843==

==Page 844==

'''''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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==Page 828==

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

'''holding his cheek and jaw when he talks like cutout photos of the late J. Benny''' 
Comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974) would often hold his chin with his hand while addressing an audience. See Benny's statue in Cucamonga where he is holding his cheek and jaw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bennystatue.jpg].

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

==Page 829==

==Page 830==

'''phantasms''' 
apparitions or specters

==Page 831==

'''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.

==Page 832==

'''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.

==Page 833==

'''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.

==Page 834==

'''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

==Page 835==

'''''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

==Page 836==

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

==Page 837==

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

==Page 838==

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

==Page 839==

'''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

==Page 840==

'''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).

==Page 841==

'''fencing''' 
to sell stolen goods

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

==Page 842==

'''lit''' 
landed

==Page 843==

==Page 844==

'''''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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==Page 827==

==Page 828==

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

'''holding his cheek and jaw when he talks like cutout photos of the late J. Benny''' 
Comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974) would often hold his chin with his hand while addressing an audience.

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

==Page 829==

==Page 830==

'''phantasms''' 
apparitions or specters

==Page 831==

'''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.

==Page 832==

'''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.

==Page 833==

'''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.

==Page 834==

'''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

==Page 835==

'''''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

==Page 836==

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

==Page 837==

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

==Page 838==

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

==Page 839==

'''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

==Page 840==

'''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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==Page 844==

'''''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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284; 511;

'''C, Bobby''' 
128; "Wos' former aquaintance from crewing with slopes on the North shore for Whity Sorkin in the days of his youth"; junkie in Boston who hangs with Poor Tony and "yrstruly"; takes off patty's ear, 129; 300; henchman for Sorkin, 917;

'''(C2H5CO)2O2''' 
1055; "pimple cream," (see fn 304a, p. 1062) ['''NOTE''': this is not the chemical formula for benzoyl peroxide as some have suggested. (That formula is C14H10O4.)] And...as I was informed by a reader named Olympia McGurk, "...this is not benzoyl peroxide; its chemical name is propionyl peroxide (or more correctly but less commonly dipropionyl peroxide). It is a precursor used in the synthesis of some polymers but is most emphatically not pimple cream as DFW claims. I suspect it would burn your skin off." Although, Olympia continues, "I also realized that it could just be a printer's or editor's error: the formula would be correct for benzoyl peroxide if it were (C6H5CO)2O2 instead of (C2H5CO)2O2. The substitution of C2H5 for C6H5 (ethyl for benzyl) would be a natural error for someone who knew a little bit of chemistry but who wasn't thinking about aromatic rings."

'''CadaverGate''' 
fn.26/994; "scandal thought brought down so many funeral directors in the Year of the Purdue Wonderchicken"

'''cages''' 
"cages over the lightbulbs";

'''Cage, John''' 
fn.24/989; his''4'33 ''an unnamed influence of Himself's''The Joke''

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
751; workplace of Health-Benefits administrator whose name Maranthe appropriates

'''Cambridge City Hospital''' 
690;

'''Cameron, James''' 
48; American filmmaker (''Terminator, Aliens, Titanic'', etc.)

'''Camus, Albert''' 
12; Nobel Prize winning Fr. writer/philosopher

'''''Candida Albicans''''' 
33; a dimorphous organism that can be either a yeast, in which form it is not invasive, or a fungus, in which form it is.

'''Cantor, Georg''' 
82; fn.35/994

'''Cantrell''' 
410; early ETA prorector; and Clipperton in YoW, 432;

'''Carty, Gary''' 
891; friend of Gately's with whom he'd trap lobsters "in the pre-dawn reek of low tide"

'''Casey , William J.''' 
473; former director of the CIA

'''Cathy or Kathy''' 
920; beautiful R.N. who assists Gately in defecating

'''Chang, Michael''' 
389; tennis pro

'''Chaos Theory''' 
and tennis, 81-82; "What if heredity, instead of linear, is branching" 220; 341; fn.34/994

'''Chawaf, R.-L.-O.''' 
''See'''''''''Richardson-Levy-O'Byrne-Chawaf''', Ms. Soma

'''Cheap-O Records''' 
129; in Boston

'''Checkpoint Pongo''' 
571;

'''Cheers!''' 
834; late-80s/early 90s TV sitcom, with "Sam and Carla and Nom"; Nom as Gately's "own organic father" 836; Gately's memories of, 883;

'''Cheery, Mo''' 
643; owner of Cheery Oil, Troy NY, and employer of Steeply's father

'''Cheese, Susan T.''' 
130; junkie in Boston; 300;

'''China Pearl Place''' 
133; in Boston

'''Chit Chat Farms Rehabilitation of Pennsylvania State''' 
749; where Maranthe (as Henri, the Swiss) did detox

'''Choosy Mothers''' 
582; (name taken from 1970s era slogan of Jif peanut butter: "Choosy mothers choose Jif."

'''Chore Boys''' 
222; 225

'''Chrétien, J.''' 
384; Canadian Prime Minister & co-Vice Chair of O.N.A.N.

'''Christianson, Daphne''' 
38

'''Chu, LaMont''' 
112; ETA student; 328; confessing addiction to being a famous tennis star to Lyle, 388; 458; 757; filmed by Mario

'''Chuck or Chick''' 
531-33; guy who shoots guy who "made him look small" in front of his girl

'''chyme''' 

635-13: partly digested food passed from stomach to duodenum

'''Cisne''' 
264; ETA student

'''CITGO''' 
476;

'''Claprood, Governor''' 
576; pre-O.N.A.N.ite governor of MA

'''Clarke, Mrs.''' 
112; works in kitchen at ETA; 120; 193; "former Four-Star dessert chef" 380;

'''Clayt''' 
65; "sad old ex-QB" for Arizona Cardinals

'''Clean and Serene''' 
699; N. Cambridge NA group

'''Clenette''' 
''See'' [[H#Henderson|Henderson, Clenette]]

'''clicks''' 
573+4; kilometers

'''Clinton, Hillary R. (aka Hillary R.C.)''' 
382;

'''Clipperton, Eric''' 
407; Clipperton Brigade;''fin de siecle'' unseeded 16-year-old tennis legend who threatened to shoot himself if he ever lost a game; 431; from Crawfordsville IN, 433; 681; 759; the Clipperton Suite in East House

'''Clow, Lori''' 
fn.209/1035; ETA student playing microtennis w/Freer

'''CNS''' 
292; central nervous system

'''cockroaches''' 
44-45

'''''Columbia Guide to Refractive Indices Second Edition''''' 
161; book young J.O.I., Jr. is holding in garage

'''Commitments''' 
343; "some members of one Group commit to hit the road and travel to another Group's meeting to speak publicly from the podium"

'''Concavity Cabinet''' 
400; Pres. of Mexico, J. Gentle, R. Tine, Sec. Int. Blaine, Sec. State Billingsley, Sec. Transp. Marty, Sec. H.E.W. Trent, Sec. Treas. Chet, Press Sec. Jay, Sec. Def. Ollie; Sec. H.U.D. Sivnik;

'''''Consummation of the Levirates''''' 
171; old print of "minor and soft core Alexandrian mosaic" in Hal's & Mario's room; 952

'''Contraria Sunt Complementa''' 
713; Latin: "We Are What We Are Against"

'''conversationalist, professional''' 
28

'''Cortelyu, April''' 
206; Ennet House resident

'''couch-potato-ism''' 
620; "The fellowship and anonymous communion of being part of a watching crowd" as antidote, 621;

'''Coyle, Kyle D.''' 
50; ETA student; 266; rooms w/Stice, 394; from Erythema AZ (outside Tucson), 453; stepdad went to "one of those men's-issues-Men's-Movement-type Meetings" 804; "having them discharges again" 868; "doesn't have his key since the accident with the whirlpool" 942;

'''C.P.C.P.''' 
1019; Calgarian pro-Canadian Phalanx; 489;

'''cranio-facial-neuralgia''' 
fn.24/987; one of the subjects of Himself's''Kinds of Pain''

'''crew''' 
129; mug; rob

'''Criess, Jolene''' 
514; young ETA student; 755;

'''Crocodiles, The''' 
354; elder White Flaggers

'''croquet''' 
104;

'''Csikzentmihalyi, Zoltan''' 
98; 16-year-old, little-English speaking student at ETA; "a marginal Slavic kid" fn.324/1070;

'''Cukor''' 
219; molded plastic chair of, at Notkin's apartment

'''''Culte du Prochain Train, Le''''' 
732; of which Maranthe was a member; "La" "The Cult of the Next Train" fn.304/1058;

'''''Culte de Baiser Sans Fin, La''''' 
fn.304/1061; "Cult of the Endless Kiss," another Québec separatist cult

'''C.U.S.P.''' 
283; Clean U. S. Party, Gentle's party; "annular agnation of ultra-right jingoist. . .and far-left macrobiotic. . .a surreal union of. . .disillusioned fringes" that "swept to quadrennial victory" as a third party, 382; 1016;1022;

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284; 511;

'''C, Bobby''' 
128; "Wos' former aquaintance from crewing with slopes on the North shore for Whity Sorkin in the days of his youth"; junkie in Boston who hangs with Poor Tony and "yrstruly"; takes off patty's ear, 129; 300; henchman for Sorkin, 917;

'''(C2H5CO)2O2''' 
1055; "pimple cream," (see fn 304a, p. 1062) ['''NOTE''': this is not the chemical formula for benzoyl peroxide as some have suggested. (That formula is C14H10O4.)] And...as I was informed by a reader named Olympia McGurk, "...this is not benzoyl peroxide; its chemical name is propionyl peroxide (or more correctly but less commonly dipropionyl peroxide). It is a precursor used in the synthesis of some polymers but is most emphatically not pimple cream as DFW claims. I suspect it would burn your skin off." Although, Olympia continues, "I also realized that it could just be a printer's or editor's error: the formula would be correct for benzoyl peroxide if it were (C6H5CO)2O2 instead of (C2H5CO)2O2. The substitution of C2H5 for C6H5 (ethyl for benzyl) would be a natural error for someone who knew a little bit of chemistry but who wasn't thinking about aromatic rings."

'''CadaverGate''' 
fn.26/994; "scandal thought brought down so many funeral directors in the Year of the Purdue Wonderchicken"

'''cages''' 
"cages over the lightbulbs";

'''Cage, John''' 
fn.24/989; his''4'33 ''an unnamed influence of Himself's''The Joke''

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
751; workplace of Health-Benefits administrator whose name Maranthe appropriates

'''Cambridge City Hospital''' 
690;

'''Cameron, James''' 
48; American filmmaker (''Terminator, Aliens, Titanic'', etc.)

'''Camus, Albert''' 
12; Nobel Prize winning Fr. writer/philosopher

'''''Candida Albicans''''' 
33; a dimorphous organism that can be either a yeast, in which form it is not invasive, or a fungus, in which form it is.

'''Cantor, Georg''' 
82; fn.35/994

'''Cantrell''' 
410; early ETA prorector; and Clipperton in YoW, 432;

'''Carty, Gary''' 
891; friend of Gately's with whom he'd trap lobsters "in the pre-dawn reek of low tide"

'''Casey , William J.''' 
473; former director of the CIA

'''Cathy or Kathy''' 
920; beautiful R.N. who assists Gately in defecating

'''Chang, Michael''' 
389; tennis pro

'''Chaos Theory''' 
and tennis, 81-82; "What if heredity, instead of linear, is branching" 220; 341; fn.34/994

'''Chawaf, R.-L.-O.''' 
''See'''''''''Richardson-Levy-O'Byrne-Chawaf''', Ms. Soma

'''Cheap-O Records''' 
129; in Boston

'''Checkpoint Pongo''' 
571;

'''Cheers!''' 
834; late-80s/early 90s TV sitcom, with "Sam and Carla and Nom"; Nom as Gately's "own organic father" 836; Gately's memories of, 883;

'''Cheery, Mo''' 
643; owner of Cheery Oil, Troy NY, and employer of Steeply's father

'''Cheese, Susan T.''' 
130; junkie in Boston; 300;

'''China Pearl Place''' 
133; in Boston

'''Chit Chat Farms Rehabilitation of Pennsylvania State''' 
749; where Maranthe (as Henri, the Swiss) did detox

'''Choosy Mothers''' 
582; (name taken from 1970s era slogan of Jif peanut butter: "Choosy mothers choose Jif."

'''Chore Boys''' 
222; 225

'''Chrétien, J.''' 
384; Canadian Prime Minister & co-Vice Chair of O.N.A.N.

'''Christianson, Daphne''' 
38

'''Chu, LaMont''' 
112; ETA student; 328; confessing addiction to being a famous tennis star to Lyle, 388; 458; 757; filmed by Mario

'''Chuck or Chick''' 
531-33; guy who shoots guy who "made him look small" in front of his girl

'''chyme''' 

635-13: partly digested food passed from stomach to duodenum

'''Cisne''' 
264; ETA student

'''CITGO''' 
476;

'''Claprood, Governor''' 
576; pre-O.N.A.N.ite governor of MA

'''Clarke, Mrs.''' 
112; works in kitchen at ETA; 120; 193; "former Four-Star dessert chef" 380;

'''Clayt''' 
65; "sad old ex-QB" for Arizona Cardinals

'''Clean and Serene''' 
699; N. Cambridge NA group

'''Clenette''' 
''See'' [[H#Henderson|Henderson, Clenette]]

'''clicks''' 
573+4; kilometers

'''Clinton, Hillary R. (aka Hillary R.C.)''' 
382;

'''Clipperton, Eric''' 
407; Clipperton Brigade;''fin de siecle'' unseeded 16-year-old tennis legend who threatened to shoot himself if he ever lost a game; 431; from Crawfordsville IN, 433; 681;

'''Clow, Lori''' 
fn.209/1035; ETA student playing microtennis w/Freer

'''CNS''' 
292; central nervous system

'''cockroaches''' 
44-45

'''''Columbia Guide to Refractive Indices Second Edition''''' 
161; book young J.O.I., Jr. is holding in garage

'''Commitments''' 
343; "some members of one Group commit to hit the road and travel to another Group's meeting to speak publicly from the podium"

'''Concavity Cabinet''' 
400; Pres. of Mexico, J. Gentle, R. Tine, Sec. Int. Blaine, Sec. State Billingsley, Sec. Transp. Marty, Sec. H.E.W. Trent, Sec. Treas. Chet, Press Sec. Jay, Sec. Def. Ollie; Sec. H.U.D. Sivnik;

'''''Consummation of the Levirates''''' 
171; old print of "minor and soft core Alexandrian mosaic" in Hal's & Mario's room; 952

'''Contraria Sunt Complementa''' 
713; Latin: "We Are What We Are Against"

'''conversationalist, professional''' 
28

'''Cortelyu, April''' 
206; Ennet House resident

'''couch-potato-ism''' 
620; "The fellowship and anonymous communion of being part of a watching crowd" as antidote, 621;

'''Coyle, Kyle D.''' 
50; ETA student; 266; rooms w/Stice, 394; from Erythema AZ (outside Tucson), 453; stepdad went to "one of those men's-issues-Men's-Movement-type Meetings" 804; "having them discharges again" 868; "doesn't have his key since the accident with the whirlpool" 942;

'''C.P.C.P.''' 
1019; Calgarian pro-Canadian Phalanx; 489;

'''cranio-facial-neuralgia''' 
fn.24/987; one of the subjects of Himself's''Kinds of Pain''

'''crew''' 
129; mug; rob

'''Criess, Jolene''' 
514; young ETA student; 755;

'''Crocodiles, The''' 
354; elder White Flaggers

'''croquet''' 
104;

'''Csikzentmihalyi, Zoltan''' 
98; 16-year-old, little-English speaking student at ETA; "a marginal Slavic kid" fn.324/1070;

'''Cukor''' 
219; molded plastic chair of, at Notkin's apartment

'''''Culte du Prochain Train, Le''''' 
732; of which Maranthe was a member; "La" "The Cult of the Next Train" fn.304/1058;

'''''Culte de Baiser Sans Fin, La''''' 
fn.304/1061; "Cult of the Endless Kiss," another Québec separatist cult

'''C.U.S.P.''' 
283; Clean U. S. Party, Gentle's party; "annular agnation of ultra-right jingoist. . .and far-left macrobiotic. . .a surreal union of. . .disillusioned fringes" that "swept to quadrennial victory" as a third party, 382; 1016;1022;

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'''B.Y.P.''' 
maybe Berkshire Young Professionals?

==Page 737==

'''Pokie''' 
apparently a childhood nickname for Joelle

'''fifth wall''' 
usually a reference to the ceiling of a room

==Page 738==

'''futon''' 
being a couch that opens into a bed

'''amniotic''' 
taking place ''in utero''

'''greebles''' 
There is such a thing as a [http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Greeble greeble], but probably not as Joelle means it. The real term, medically speaking, is "rheum."

"Greebles had been her [Joelle's] own mother's word for the little bits of sleepy goo you got in your eyes' corners." p. 738

'''basso''' 
having a very low voice

==Page 739==

'''Carefree''' 
a brand of sanitary pads

'''disdain''' 
dislike or hatred

==Page 740==

'''rancid''' 
rotten

'''oeuvre''' 
body of work

'''inbent''' 
directed inward

==Page 741==

'''Everclear''' 
a brand of pure grain alcohol

'''Shoats''' 
young pigs

'''Boosters''' 
members of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28sports%29 booster club]

'''H.S.''' 
high school

'''YardGuard''' 
a brand name of [http://www.yardguardmosquito.com/ insect repellent]

==Page 742==

'''Vittorio's Bernini Room''' 
this would seem to be a museum name, but there is no museum by that name in the Boston area

Bernini's sculpture 'Ecstasy of St. Teresa' is located in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

'''herring''' 
i.e., a red herring — a distraction

==Page 743==

'''Legal Seafood up in Brookline''' 
[http://www.legalseafoods.com Legal Sea Foods], a chain that got its start in Inman Square, has a restaurant at 43 Boylston St., at the border of Brookline and within five miles of ETA.

==Endnote 309==

'''boniface''' 
an innkeeper

==Page 743 (cont'd)==

'''grouper''' 
a family of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper fish] including sea basses

==Page 744==

'''obtruding''' 
pushing something forward without invitation

'''tri-faceted''' 
three-sided

'''Albertan champagne''' 
an oxymoron — champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France

==Page 745==

'''Clift''' 
Edward Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was an American actor.

'''two meters''' 
about 6.6 feet

'''heliotropes''' 
plants that turn toward the sun

'''Candela''' 
From the SI: The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540×1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.

'''freezing point of platinum''' 
If the melting point of platinum is 3214.9 ° F, then at any temperature below this, it will be solid, i.e., frozen.

'''Bazin''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin André Bazin] (1918 – 1958) was an influential French film critic and film theorist.

'''Thomist''' 
ascribing to the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas]

'''''personalistes''''' 
One of the main currents of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-conformists_of_the_1930s non-conformist movement] in France in the 1930s, the ''personalistes'' school's main organ was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Mounier Emmanuel Mounier's] jouranl ''Esprit'', in which Bazin published film criticism. The aesthetic theory of the ''personalistes'' was formulated by [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maritain/#Aest Jacques Maritain]. For a discussion of Bazin's relation to Mounier see [http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro2.html this article].

'''Sagan''' 
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and host of a television show called ''Cosmos''.

'''Haplology''' 
the elimination of a syllable in a word when two consecutive, identical syllables occur, e.g., "probly" for "probably"

==Page 746==

''''the vapors'''' 
a euphemism for hysteria

'''Spielberg's old computer-enhanced celluloid things''' 
the ''Jurassic Park'' films

==Page 747==

'''Kahlua''' 
a coffee-flavored [http://www.kahlua.com/ liqueur]

'''blancmange''' 
a thick milk pudding

'''chickory''' 
usually spelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory], is used as a coffee substitute or additive in some places

'''thymus''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus bodily organ] that plays a role in immune function

=Marathe at Ennet House, cont.=

==Page 747==

'''subaltern''' 
a subordinate

'''"He had the great fatigue..."''' 
A less literal translation would be: "He was very tired..."

==Page 748==

'''"...to smack, to scag, and to H..."''' 
all the same thing, being street names for heroin

==Page 749==

'''bolt of death''' 
i.e., a deadbolt lock

'''Chit Chat Farms''' 
This is a real detox in Wernersville, Pa., about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

==Page 750==

'''chez''' 
a French preposition meaning "at the home of"

==Page 751==

'''''comment-on-dit?''''' 
French: How do you say?

'''45 kph''' 
almost 28 miles per hour

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
French: Fund for Registration and Placement

=Joelle Continues to Clean=

==Page 751==

'''katexia''' 
Just like when Joelle referred to CA newcomers as "catexic" on pg 707, there's no word "katexia" in any American dictionary, although Freud used "katexis" to refer to the process by means of which libido energy is tied or placed into the mental representation of a personality, idea, or thing." What would make more sense in context is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia], the weight loss and muscle atrophy caused by some chronic diseases.

==Page 752==

'''''Feeling Good''''' 
One of the key books on cognitive therapy for depression by David D. Burns, M.D., an American psychiatrist.

=Marathe's Intake, cont.=

==Page 752==

'''volubly''' 
to speak readily

'''M./Mlle.''' 
French: Monsieur/Mademoiselle, i.e., Mr./Ms., used because of Steeply's disguise

'''restenotic''' 
refers to restenosis, or the re-narrowing of blood vessels after initial stenosis

==Page 753==

'''spire''' 
steeple

'''''manche à balai''''' 
French: broom handle

'''''chanteur-fou''''' 
French: crazy singer

'''calculus''' 
here meaning simply "calculation"

'''Lopate''' 
The name is perhaps taken from Philip Lopate (born 1943), an American film critic.

'''''transpercé''''' 
pierced through

==Page 754==

==Endnote 315==

'''malentendu''' 
mishearing

==Page 755==

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==Page 736==

'''B.Y.P.''' 
maybe Berkshire Young Professionals?

==Page 737==

'''Pokie''' 
apparently a childhood nickname for Joelle

'''fifth wall''' 
usually a reference to the ceiling of a room

==Page 738==

'''futon''' 
being a couch that opens into a bed

'''amniotic''' 
taking place ''in utero''

'''greebles''' 
There is such a thing as a [http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Greeble greeble], but probably not as Joelle means it. The real term, medically speaking, is "rheum."

"Greebles had been her [Joelle's] own mother's word for the little bits of sleepy goo you got in your eyes' corners." p. 738

'''basso''' 
having a very low voice

==Page 739==

'''Carefree''' 
a brand of sanitary pads

'''disdain''' 
dislike or hatred

==Page 740==

'''rancid''' 
rotten

'''oeuvre''' 
body of work

'''inbent''' 
directed inward

==Page 741==

'''Everclear''' 
a brand of pure grain alcohol

'''Shoats''' 
young pigs

'''Boosters''' 
members of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28sports%29 booster club]

'''H.S.''' 
high school

'''YardGuard''' 
a brand name of [http://www.yardguardmosquito.com/ insect repellent]

==Page 742==

'''Vittorio''' 
this would seem to be a museum name, but there is no museum by that name in the Boston area

Bernini's sculpture 'Ecstasy of St. Teresa' is located in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

'''herring''' 
i.e., a red herring — a distraction

==Page 743==

'''Legal Seafood up in Brookline''' 
[http://www.legalseafoods.com Legal Sea Foods], a chain that got its start in Inman Square, has a restaurant at 43 Boylston St., at the border of Brookline and within five miles of ETA.

==Endnote 309==

'''boniface''' 
an innkeeper

==Page 743 (cont'd)==

'''grouper''' 
a family of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper fish] including sea basses

==Page 744==

'''obtruding''' 
pushing something forward without invitation

'''tri-faceted''' 
three-sided

'''Albertan champagne''' 
an oxymoron — champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France

==Page 745==

'''Clift''' 
Edward Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was an American actor.

'''two meters''' 
about 6.6 feet

'''heliotropes''' 
plants that turn toward the sun

'''Candela''' 
From the SI: The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540×1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.

'''freezing point of platinum''' 
If the melting point of platinum is 3214.9 ° F, then at any temperature below this, it will be solid, i.e., frozen.

'''Bazin''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin André Bazin] (1918 – 1958) was an influential French film critic and film theorist.

'''Thomist''' 
ascribing to the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas]

'''''personalistes''''' 
One of the main currents of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-conformists_of_the_1930s non-conformist movement] in France in the 1930s, the ''personalistes'' school's main organ was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Mounier Emmanuel Mounier's] jouranl ''Esprit'', in which Bazin published film criticism. The aesthetic theory of the ''personalistes'' was formulated by [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maritain/#Aest Jacques Maritain]. For a discussion of Bazin's relation to Mounier see [http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro2.html this article].

'''Sagan''' 
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and host of a television show called ''Cosmos''.

'''Haplology''' 
the elimination of a syllable in a word when two consecutive, identical syllables occur, e.g., "probly" for "probably"

==Page 746==

''''the vapors'''' 
a euphemism for hysteria

'''Spielberg's old computer-enhanced celluloid things''' 
the ''Jurassic Park'' films

==Page 747==

'''Kahlua''' 
a coffee-flavored [http://www.kahlua.com/ liqueur]

'''blancmange''' 
a thick milk pudding

'''chickory''' 
usually spelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory], is used as a coffee substitute or additive in some places

'''thymus''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus bodily organ] that plays a role in immune function

=Marathe at Ennet House, cont.=

==Page 747==

'''subaltern''' 
a subordinate

'''"He had the great fatigue..."''' 
A less literal translation would be: "He was very tired..."

==Page 748==

'''"...to smack, to scag, and to H..."''' 
all the same thing, being street names for heroin

==Page 749==

'''bolt of death''' 
i.e., a deadbolt lock

'''Chit Chat Farms''' 
This is a real detox in Wernersville, Pa., about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

==Page 750==

'''chez''' 
a French preposition meaning "at the home of"

==Page 751==

'''''comment-on-dit?''''' 
French: How do you say?

'''45 kph''' 
almost 28 miles per hour

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
French: Fund for Registration and Placement

=Joelle Continues to Clean=

==Page 751==

'''katexia''' 
Just like when Joelle referred to CA newcomers as "catexic" on pg 707, there's no word "katexia" in any American dictionary, although Freud used "katexis" to refer to the process by means of which libido energy is tied or placed into the mental representation of a personality, idea, or thing." What would make more sense in context is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia], the weight loss and muscle atrophy caused by some chronic diseases.

==Page 752==

'''''Feeling Good''''' 
One of the key books on cognitive therapy for depression by David D. Burns, M.D., an American psychiatrist.

=Marathe's Intake, cont.=

==Page 752==

'''volubly''' 
to speak readily

'''M./Mlle.''' 
French: Monsieur/Mademoiselle, i.e., Mr./Ms., used because of Steeply's disguise

'''restenotic''' 
refers to restenosis, or the re-narrowing of blood vessels after initial stenosis

==Page 753==

'''spire''' 
steeple

'''''manche à balai''''' 
French: broom handle

'''''chanteur-fou''''' 
French: crazy singer

'''calculus''' 
here meaning simply "calculation"

'''Lopate''' 
The name is perhaps taken from Philip Lopate (born 1943), an American film critic.

'''''transpercé''''' 
pierced through

==Page 754==

==Endnote 315==

'''malentendu''' 
mishearing

==Page 755==

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'''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

'''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

==Page 723==

'''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

==Page 727==

'''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

'''devroid''' 
devoid

=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.

==Page 735==

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==Page 380==

==Endnote 147==

'''pluck''' 
courage or resolution in the face of difficulty

'''qua''' 
in the capacity or character of

==Page 380 (cont'd)==

[[Image:preachers.jpg|thumb|caption|Preacher's Hat|right|200px]]

'''toque''' 
a kind of brimless hat

'''aigrette''' 
decorative feather or plume

==Endnote 148==

'''sallet''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallet helmet], the forerunner of the modern combat helmets

'''calpac''' 
a high-crowned felt or sheepskin hat worn in Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia

'''calotte''' 
A skullcap, especially one worn by Roman Catholic priests

'''escudo''' 
Spanish for shield

'''shako''' 
tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor and sometimes tapered at the top

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Image:sallet.jpg|Sallet
Image:calpac.jpg|Calpac
Image:calotte.jpg|Calotte
Image:shako.gif|Shako
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'''maraschino''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasca_cherry marasca cherry]

'''Redi-Whip''' 
actually Reddi-wip, a brand name of pressurized whipped cream in a can

'''tendentiously''' 
in a manner showing a definite bias or prejudice

==Page 381==

[[Image:Fedora.jpg|thumb|caption|Fedora|right|200px]]

'''amanuentic''' 
secretarial

'''fedoras''' 
A fedora is a soft felt hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. Similar hats with a C-crown (with an indentation for the head in the top of the crown) are occasionally called fedoras. (see right) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora Wikipedia]

'''baklava''' 
a Near Eastern dessert made from filo dough, honey, nuts, and spices

'''Echt''' 
German for "bona fide"

'''linotype''' 
short form name for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine linotype machine]

''''Let the call go forth . . . generation of Americans...'''' 
Compare John F. Kennedy's [http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres56.html inaugural address]

'''né''' 
French for "born," the feminine ''née'' being more common to denote one's birth name

'''Joyner''' 
not the real Johnny Gentle, who was born with the surname Askew and in the U.K.

'''retentive''' 
here short for "anal-retentive"

'''Dermalatix''' 
not a real product

'''Hypospectral''' 
a neologism that would mean "of the lower spectrum [of light]"

'''epidermal''' 
of or pertaining to the outermost layer of skin

'''schmaltz''' 
rendered chicken fat, used as shortener by kosher Jews, who cannot use lard (which is made from pork fat)

==Endnote 149==

'''Frankies and Tonies''' 
Frankie Avalon and Tony Bennett, e.g.

==Page 382 (cont'd)==

'''scab''' 
a derogatory word for a worker who replaces a union worker on strike

'''GE/RCA''' 
General Electric/Radio Company of America

'''fulcrum''' 
a support or point of rest

'''lap-dissolves''' 
According to Wikipedia, a lap dissolve "is a technical term in film editing, most often used in the United States, applying to the process whereby the fading last shot of a preceding scene is superimposed over the emerging first shot (fade in) of the next scene..."

'''prescient''' 
having previous knowledge

'''jingoist''' 
patriotic to an extreme

'''macrobiotic''' 
regarding a diet designed largely of whole grains and beans, designed to prolong life

'''Hillary R.C.''' 
Hillary Rodham Clinton

'''LaRoucheishly''' 
a reference to Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (born 1922), a political extremist and cult leader

==Endnote 150==

'''dioxins''' 
highly toxic by-products of pesticide manufacturing

'''high-R-waste''' 
probably refers to high radioactivity

==Page 382 (cont'd)==

'''Perot''' 
Henry Ross Perot (born 1930) ran for president in 1992 and 1996 as an independent, in the first case getting the largest third-party vote in several decades.

'''white-gloved finger''' 
implying that the finger is on the hand in a white glove, used to draw one's hand over a recently cleaned surface to see if any residual dirt remains

'''U.W.S.A.''' 
United We Stand America, Perot's political movement

'''G.O.P.s''' 
Republicans, G.O.P. standing for "Grand Old Party"

'''Jihad''' 
an Arabic word meaning "struggle" but often translated as "holy war"

'''redolent''' 
smelling very badly

'''retinue''' 
a body of attendants to a powerful person

'''psychosphere''' 
sort of a synonym for collective consciousness

==Page 383==

'''"majestic ambers and purple fruits"''' 
words from "America, the Beautiful"

'''effluvia''' 
invisible exhalations of noxious vapors

'''CO''' 
carbon monoxide

'''Uno''' 
as in ''numero uno,'' number one

'''dandling''' 
bouncing a baby up and down, as on one's knee

'''mufti''' 
civilian clothes

'''adipose''' 
adipose tissue, i.e., fat

'''fractious''' 
unruly or angry

==Page 384==

'''Seal''' 
the [http://www.greatseal.com/ Great Seal] of the U.S.

'''Teutons''' 
The President seems to be using this as a place name (perhaps a malapropism of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetons Tetons]), but Teutons is an ancient term for German-speaking people.

'''wavered''' 
quavering in sound

'''Wurlitzer''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurlitzer Rudolf Wurlitzer Company], a producer of organs

'''dusky''' 
dark-skinned

'''entr' acte''' 
French: between acts

==Page 385==

'''glycemically''' 
in a manner that is motivated or caused by the level of sugar in the blood

'''cannolis''' 
a type of Italian dessert pastry, stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese

'''absolution''' 
forgiveness of sins

'''jejune''' 
childish or juvenile

'''J.J.J.C.''' 
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien

'''sympatico''' 
in agreement

'''inexorable''' 
unyielding

'''NATO''' 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

'''EEC''' 
European Economic Community

'''oown''' 
either a typo or a jab at Canadian pronunciation

'''NAFTA''' 
North American Free Trade Agreement

'''butter and guns''' 
These are the typical goods used in certain economic models because they are non-competing goods.

'''infraternal''' 
not a real word

==Page 386==

'''''frappeurs''''' 
apparently a French expression for something that strikes something else

'''ICBM''' 
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

'''maple leaf''' 
the national emblem of Canada

'''toot sweet''' 
i.e., ''tout de suite'', French for "right away"

'''enjambment''' 
the breaking of a line at the end of a verse (in a poem, song, etc.)

=Meanwhile, in the Weight Room=

==Page 386==

'''purling''' 
flowing or rippling

==Page 387==

'''gurutical''' 
not a real word, but apparently having to do with gurus

'''fulgurant''' 
flashing like lightning

==Page 388==

'''glabrous''' 
smooth, hairless

'''wunderkind''' 
German: child prodigy

'''I/SPN''' 
probably meant to be a follow-up television channel to ESPN

'''M. Chang''' 
Michael Chang (born 1972) is an American former professional tennis player. That he is described as "lately expired" is puzzling; Chang was alive in 1996 and is still alive today. (Note: Since the novel takes place in a fictional future, Chang being described as "lately expired" need not be puzzling; Wallace is using creative license, positing that someone who is alive and well at the time of publication may well expire at some point in the [fictional] future.)

'''Mephistophelan''' 
referring to Mephistopheles, the devil character in Goethe's ''Faust'' and Marlowe's ''Doctor Faustus'', to whom Faust sells his soul

==Page 389==

'''hagiography''' 
the biography of a saint

''''The truth will set you free...'''' 
Lyle is paraphrasing [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208:32;&version=9; John 8:32].

'''alfresco''' 
''Al fresco'' in Italian means "outside."

==Page 390==

'''Seventh-Day Adventists''' 
a Protestant sect of Christianity marked by its observance of the weekly sabbath on Saturdays

'''turpitude''' 
depravity

'''dire''' 
indicating trouble

'''C.F.D.C.''' 
Caffeine-Free Diet Coke

=''The ONANtiad'', cont.=

==Page 391==

'''Benson & Hedges''' 
a brand of cigarettes

'''high-lipid''' 
high-fat

'''''auteur''''' 
creator, author

'''UKRAINE, TWO MORE BALTIC STATES APPLY FOR NATO INCLUSION''' 
Ukraine did not begin application for NATO membership until 2006, while the Baltic States were all admitted in 2004.

'''THERMS''' 
thermonuclear warheads

'''twelve out of fifteen NATO nations''' 
The last time NATO had fifteen members was in 1982, when Spain was admitted.

'''Finlandization''' 
This is defined as "the influence that one powerful country may have on the policies of a smaller neighboring country" and refers to Finland's relations with the USSR following WWII.

==Page 392==

''''BIG STICKS'''' 
Jean Chrétien admits that the issues were used here as the "big stick" in the T. Roosevelt-era "speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy of President Gentle.

'''TURTLE MTN. INDIAN RESERVATION''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Mountain_Indian_Reservation reservation] for Chippewa Indians

==Page 393==

'''GI-X-Ray-Grade Colonic Purgative''' 
the kind of laxatives given to people about to undergo colonoscopies

'''Pruritis''' 
very bad itching

'''U.N.L.V.''' 
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

'''D.O.E.''' 
Department of Energy

'''METHUEN''' 
a city of Massachusetts about 30 miles north of Boston

'''Scorcese''' 
He actually spells his name "Scorsese."

==Page 394==

=Meanwhile, in the Weight Room, cont.=

==Page 394==

'''Patridge KS''' 
a city in Kansas about 60 miles northwest of Wichita

'''telekinetic''' 
able to moves things with one's mind

'''somnambulist''' 
sleepwalker

==Page 395==

'''calotte''' 
a skullcap, typically worn by Roman Catholic acolytes

'''M.O.''' 
''Modus operandi'', a Latin phrase meaning the way in which a criminal operates out of habit

'''DMV''' 
Department of Motor Vehicles

'''oncologist''' 
a physician who treats cancer

=Some of Himself's Movies=

==Page 395==

'''masochistic''' 
enjoying (usually sexually) of pain

==Page 396==

'''sucrose''' 
table sugar

'''siren''' 
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens Sirens] of Greek mythology

'''56-gram''' 
about two ounces

'''Ford's Theater''' 
This is the theater where President Lincoln was assassinated.

'''muttonchops''' 
very thick sideburns

'''petrification''' 
the process of turning into stone

'''Ste. Thérèse''' 
Her full name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_de_Lisieux Thérèse de Lisieux]

==Page 397==

'''cottoned''' 
took a liking to

'''marquees''' 
the lighted signs on which theaters announce what is playing

'''dirndls''' 
women's dresses with close fitting bodices and full skirts

==Page 398==

'''loo''' 
the British word for "bathroom"

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==Endnote 147==

'''pluck''' 
courage or resolution in the face of difficulty

'''qua''' 
in the capacity or character of

==Page 380 (cont'd)==

[[Image:preachers.jpg|thumb|caption|Preacher's Hat|right|200px]]

'''toque''' 
a kind of brimless hat

'''aigrette''' 
decorative feather or plume

==Endnote 148==

'''sallet''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallet helmet], the forerunner of the modern combat helmets

'''calpac''' 
a high-crowned felt or sheepskin hat worn in Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia

'''calotte''' 
A skullcap, especially one worn by Roman Catholic priests

'''escudo''' 
Spanish for shield

'''shako''' 
tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor and sometimes tapered at the top

<gallery>
Image:sallet.jpg|Sallet
Image:calpac.jpg|Calpac
Image:calotte.jpg|Calotte
Image:shako.gif|Shako
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==Page 380 (cont'd)==

'''maraschino''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasca_cherry marasca cherry]

'''Redi-Whip''' 
actually Reddi-wip, a brand name of pressurized whipped cream in a can

'''tendentiously''' 
in a manner showing a definite bias or prejudice

==Page 381==

[[Image:Fedora.jpg|thumb|caption|Fedora|right|200px]]

'''amanuentic''' 
secretarial

'''fedoras''' 
A fedora is a soft felt hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. Similar hats with a C-crown (with an indentation for the head in the top of the crown) are occasionally called fedoras. (see right) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora Wikipedia]

'''baklava''' 
a Near Eastern dessert made from filo dough, honey, nuts, and spices

'''Echt''' 
German for "bona fide"

'''linotype''' 
short form name for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine linotype machine]

''''Let the call go forth . . . generation of Americans...'''' 
Compare John F. Kennedy's [http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres56.html inaugural address]

'''né''' 
French for "born," the feminine ''née'' being more common to denote one's birth name

'''Joyner''' 
not the real Johnny Gentle, who was born with the surname Askew and in the U.K.

'''retentive''' 
here short for "anal-retentive"

'''Dermalatix''' 
not a real product

'''Hypospectral''' 
a neologism that would mean "of the lower spectrum [of light]"

'''epidermal''' 
of or pertaining to the outermost layer of skin

'''schmaltz''' 
rendered chicken fat, used as shortener by kosher Jews, who cannot use lard (which is made from pork fat)

==Endnote 149==

'''Frankies and Tonies''' 
Frankie Avalon and Tony Bennett, e.g.

==Page 382 (cont'd)==

'''scab''' 
a derogatory word for a worker who replaces a union worker on strike

'''GE/RCA''' 
General Electric/Radio Company of America

'''fulcrum''' 
a support or point of rest

'''lap-dissolves''' 
According to Wikipedia, a lap dissolve "is a technical term in film editing, most often used in the United States, applying to the process whereby the fading last shot of a preceding scene is superimposed over the emerging first shot (fade in) of the next scene..."

'''prescient''' 
having previous knowledge

'''jingoist''' 
patriotic to an extreme

'''macrobiotic''' 
regarding a diet designed largely of whole grains and beans, designed to prolong life

'''Hillary R.C.''' 
Hillary Rodham Clinton

'''LaRoucheishly''' 
a reference to Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (born 1922), a political extremist and cult leader

==Endnote 150==

'''dioxins''' 
highly toxic by-products of pesticide manufacturing

'''high-R-waste''' 
probably refers to high radioactivity

==Page 382 (cont'd)==

'''Perot''' 
Henry Ross Perot (born 1930) ran for president in 1992 and 1996 as an independent, in the first case getting the largest third-party vote in several decades.

'''white-gloved finger''' 
implying that the finger is on the hand in a white glove, used to draw one's hand over a recently cleaned surface to see if any residual dirt remains

'''U.W.S.A.''' 
United We Stand America, Perot's political movement

'''G.O.P.s''' 
Republicans, G.O.P. standing for "Grand Old Party"

'''Jihad''' 
an Arabic word meaning "struggle" but often translated as "holy war"

'''redolent''' 
smelling very badly

'''retinue''' 
a body of attendants to a powerful person

'''psychosphere''' 
sort of a synonym for collective consciousness

==Page 383==

'''"majestic ambers and purple fruits"''' 
words from "America, the Beautiful"

'''effluvia''' 
invisible exhalations of noxious vapors

'''CO''' 
carbon monoxide

'''Uno''' 
as in ''numero uno,'' number one

'''dandling''' 
bouncing a baby up and down, as on one's knee

'''mufti''' 
civilian clothes

'''adipose''' 
adipose tissue, i.e., fat

'''fractious''' 
unruly or angry

==Page 384==

'''Seal''' 
the [http://www.greatseal.com/ Great Seal] of the U.S.

'''Teutons''' 
The President seems to be using this as a place name (perhaps a malapropism of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetons Tetons]), but Teutons is an ancient term for German-speaking people.

'''wavered''' 
quavering in sound

'''Wurlitzer''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurlitzer Rudolf Wurlitzer Company], a producer of organs

'''dusky''' 
dark-skinned

'''entr' acte''' 
French: between acts

==Page 385==

'''glycemically''' 
in a manner that is motivated or caused by the level of sugar in the blood

'''cannolis''' 
a type of Italian dessert pastry, stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese

'''absolution''' 
forgiveness of sins

'''jejune''' 
childish or juvenile

'''J.J.J.C.''' 
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien

'''sympatico''' 
in agreement

'''inexorable''' 
unyielding

'''NATO''' 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

'''EEC''' 
European Economic Community

'''oown''' 
either a typo or a jab at Canadian pronunciation

'''NAFTA''' 
North American Free Trade Agreement

'''butter and guns''' 
These are the typical goods used in certain economic models because they are non-competing goods.

'''infraternal''' 
not a real word

==Page 386==

'''''frappeurs''''' 
apparently a French expression for something that strikes something else

'''ICBM''' 
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

'''maple leaf''' 
the national emblem of Canada

'''toot sweet''' 
i.e., ''tout de suite'', French for "right away"

'''enjambment''' 
the breaking of a line at the end of a verse (in a poem, song, etc.)

=Meanwhile, in the Weight Room=

==Page 386==

'''purling''' 
flowing or rippling

==Page 387==

'''gurutical''' 
not a real word, but apparently having to do with gurus

'''fulgurant''' 
flashing like lightning

==Page 388==

'''glabrous''' 
smooth, hairless

'''wunderkind''' 
German: child prodigy

'''I/SPN''' 
probably meant to be a follow-up television channel to ESPN

'''M. Chang''' 
Michael Chang (born 1972) is an American former professional tennis player. That he is described as "lately expired" is puzzling; Chang was alive in 1996 and is still alive today. (Note: Since the novel takes place in a fictional future, Chang being described as "lately expired" need not be puzzling; Wallace is using creative license, positing that someone who is be alive and well at the time of publication may well expire at some point in the [fictional] future.)

'''Mephistophelan''' 
referring to Mephistopheles, the devil character in Goethe's ''Faust'' and Marlowe's ''Doctor Faustus'', to whom Faust sells his soul

==Page 389==

'''hagiography''' 
the biography of a saint

''''The truth will set you free...'''' 
Lyle is paraphrasing [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208:32;&version=9; John 8:32].

'''alfresco''' 
''Al fresco'' in Italian means "outside."

==Page 390==

'''Seventh-Day Adventists''' 
a Protestant sect of Christianity marked by its observance of the weekly sabbath on Saturdays

'''turpitude''' 
depravity

'''dire''' 
indicating trouble

'''C.F.D.C.''' 
Caffeine-Free Diet Coke

=''The ONANtiad'', cont.=

==Page 391==

'''Benson & Hedges''' 
a brand of cigarettes

'''high-lipid''' 
high-fat

'''''auteur''''' 
creator, author

'''UKRAINE, TWO MORE BALTIC STATES APPLY FOR NATO INCLUSION''' 
Ukraine did not begin application for NATO membership until 2006, while the Baltic States were all admitted in 2004.

'''THERMS''' 
thermonuclear warheads

'''twelve out of fifteen NATO nations''' 
The last time NATO had fifteen members was in 1982, when Spain was admitted.

'''Finlandization''' 
This is defined as "the influence that one powerful country may have on the policies of a smaller neighboring country" and refers to Finland's relations with the USSR following WWII.

==Page 392==

''''BIG STICKS'''' 
Jean Chrétien admits that the issues were used here as the "big stick" in the T. Roosevelt-era "speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy of President Gentle.

'''TURTLE MTN. INDIAN RESERVATION''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Mountain_Indian_Reservation reservation] for Chippewa Indians

==Page 393==

'''GI-X-Ray-Grade Colonic Purgative''' 
the kind of laxatives given to people about to undergo colonoscopies

'''Pruritis''' 
very bad itching

'''U.N.L.V.''' 
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

'''D.O.E.''' 
Department of Energy

'''METHUEN''' 
a city of Massachusetts about 30 miles north of Boston

'''Scorcese''' 
He actually spells his name "Scorsese."

==Page 394==

=Meanwhile, in the Weight Room, cont.=

==Page 394==

'''Patridge KS''' 
a city in Kansas about 60 miles northwest of Wichita

'''telekinetic''' 
able to moves things with one's mind

'''somnambulist''' 
sleepwalker

==Page 395==

'''calotte''' 
a skullcap, typically worn by Roman Catholic acolytes

'''M.O.''' 
''Modus operandi'', a Latin phrase meaning the way in which a criminal operates out of habit

'''DMV''' 
Department of Motor Vehicles

'''oncologist''' 
a physician who treats cancer

=Some of Himself's Movies=

==Page 395==

'''masochistic''' 
enjoying (usually sexually) of pain

==Page 396==

'''sucrose''' 
table sugar

'''siren''' 
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens Sirens] of Greek mythology

'''56-gram''' 
about two ounces

'''Ford's Theater''' 
This is the theater where President Lincoln was assassinated.

'''muttonchops''' 
very thick sideburns

'''petrification''' 
the process of turning into stone

'''Ste. Thérèse''' 
Her full name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_de_Lisieux Thérèse de Lisieux]

==Page 397==

'''cottoned''' 
took a liking to

'''marquees''' 
the lighted signs on which theaters announce what is playing

'''dirndls''' 
women's dresses with close fitting bodices and full skirts

==Page 398==

'''loo''' 
the British word for "bathroom"

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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. Habitant is in fact a Canadian brand of soup made by the Campbell Company of Canada.

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

==Page 426==

'''Safeway''' 
a chain of supermarkets

'''burrs''' 
protruding, ragged edges

==Page 427==

'''''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]]

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'''''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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==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. (She is referred to as "a.k.a. Madame P." much earlier on page 225)

'''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''' 
a reference to the opening of the M.P. radio show

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