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=Gately and Fackelmann continued=

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==Page 935==

'''recursive'''<br />
repeating in a self similar manner. Recursion is a favorite technique of computer programmers and mathematicians; a recursive function is one that is called within its own definition. For a fun demonstration of recursion, try [http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=recursion googling it]

'''some creepy thing'''<br />
the creepy thing Gately and Fackelmann watch may be J.O Incandenza's ''Various Small Flames'', see Endnote 24

'''retsin'''<br />
'Retsyn' is the supposed active ingredient in Certs breath mints

'''Ciao Bello'''<br />
Italian: Goodbye (common). Literally: "Goodbye, Beautiful."

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'''corrode'''<br />
to eat away at; to rust

'''nimbus'''<br />
halo

'''ICBM'''<br />
intercontinental ballistic missile

'''boot'''<br />
junkie slang for injecting drugs

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'''imprimatur'''<br />
sanction or approval - in the Catholic church an imprimatur is a formal declaration that a work is free of doctrinal or moral error and may be published.

''''More tattoos than teeth''''<br />
perhaps a reference to the [http://www.chicagomotorcycleguide.com/TEETHTATTOOS.HTM inverse relationship] between the number of intact teeth and the number of tattoos worn by members of motorcycle gangs. Conversely it could mean a show of menace without any substance, as in "all bark and no bite".

'''bonded'''<br />
Sorkin had put up Gately's bail.

'''ruddled'''<br />
reddened

'''serration'''<br />
notches in the edges

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'''belled'''<br />
rang like a bell

=Joelle Talks About the Entertainment=

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'''epicene'''<br />
androgynous

'''I assume you can Identify.'''<br />
Joelle is being interviewed by the cross-dressing Steeply.

'''bassinet'''<br />
an oblong basket for a baby

'''catadioptric'''<br />
an optical system that uses combined reflection and refraction; a catadioptric telescope has a large concave mirror to collect and focus light on an optical eyepiece having lenses to provide additional magnification

'''nystagmus'''<br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus condition] of voluntary or involuntary rapid and rhythmic oscillation of the eyes

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'''astigmatic'''<br />
failing to have light rays converge on a single point

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=Hal Narrates (Still)=
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'''slight tremble of something hanging from the tip of a pipette'''<br />
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'''<br />
Coyle is probably trying to say, "Stice's fucking mess."

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

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'''rank amateurs'''<br />
complete/total amateurs

'''pernicious'''<br />
harmful

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

'''Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania'''<br />
a suburb of Philadelphia, about twenty miles west

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

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

'''Lynch'''<br />
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'''<br />
a reference to American director Woody Allen (born 1935 as Allen Stewart Königsberg), who casts himself in many of his films

'''temporal-lobe'''<br />
the part of the brain involved in hearing, speech, and vision

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'''familiar foil packet'''<br />
i.e., a condom

'''ascot'''<br />
a neck scarf

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

'''long white FDR-style filter'''<br />
[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'''<br />
framed with curtains

'''boudoir'''<br />
a bedroom or private sitting room

'''ponce'''<br />
an effeminate man

[[Image:Single-edged Razor Blade.jpg|thumb|right|Single-edged razor blade]]

'''an old-fashioned one-sharp-sided razor blade'''<br />
still manufactured but perhaps more commonly used in certain kinds of box-cutters than in razors (see right)

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

'''Kaposi's Sarcoma''' <br />
A tumor caused by Human herpesvirus-8. One of the most common symptoms of AIDS. More  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaposi%27s_sarcoma here]

'''chartreuse'''<br />
bright yellowish-green

'''500 seconds'''<br />
8 minutes and 20 seconds

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'''conundra'''<br />
insoluble questions; the plural of ''conundrum'' is disputed, with the OED apparently preferring ''conundrums'', as with ''stadiums''

'''VW-Bug'''<br />
nickname for the Volkswagen Beetle automobile model

'''sinkhole'''<br />
a hole formed when material falls into a void beneath it

'''pratfall'''<br />
a fall on one's rear

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'''two-meter'''<br />
about 6.56 feet

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

'''snorkels'''<br />
tubes for breathing

'''plucky'''<br />
having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances

'''pugnacious'''<br />
having a tendency to fistfight
: To fight in general, not necessarily with fists.

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'''VA'''<br />
Veterans Affairs (formerly Veterans Administration)

'''snifter'''<br />
a piece of glass stemware with a wide bottom that narrows at the top, for drinking brandy; the "one-handed" variety can be easily palmed with two fingers astride the stem

'''twidgeling'''<br />
one of Hal's nonce words, meaning digital manipulation

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

'''mimesis'''<br />
in art, the imitative representation of nature or human behavior; i.e., the radio was broadcasting nothing but audio static, or "snow"

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'''sinciput'''<br />
the upper part of the skull
: more like the forehead. Also, one more occurrence of a buried skull (as in Hamlet).

'''convolutions'''<br />
folds on the surface of the brain

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

'''Lindisfarne Gospels'''<br />
Richly decorated illuminated manuscipt ofthe Gospels, believed to have been produced around 700 AD in a monastery near Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK. Some carpet pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels can be seen [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/lindisfarne/carpetpages.html here].

'''hyperfertilized'''<br />
given too much fertilizer

'''finial'''<br />
an architectural device used to top a gable

'''defile'''<br />
a narrow passage

'''neutered'''<br />
castrated

'''Noxzema'''<br />
A brand of skin cleanser

'''topiary'''<br />
a sculptured shrub or bush

'''gambrel'''<br />
here referring to a double-sloping roof, as often seen on barns and some churches

'''Block Mother'''<br/>
Older version of the volunteer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Parent_Program Block Parent Program]. "Participants in the program (Block Parents) place signs on their homes indicating that the house is a police-screened, safe home for community members in distress, particularly children."

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[[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'''<br />
see photo at left

'''étagère'''<br />
a stand with a series of open shelves

'''delfts'''<br />
type of earthenware

'''claret'''<br />
red wine

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'''Hagia Sophia and S. Simeon'''<br />
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'''<br />
Arabic for "Saint Simeon"

'''guilloche'''<br />
the most annular of the ornamental moldings used in interior decoration (see below)

[[Image: Guilloche molding.jpg]]

'''prurient'''<br />
inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious

'''Levirates'''<br />
men required to marry their brothers' widows

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

'''half a meter'''<br />
about 1.64 feet

'''hyperemic'''<br />
an unusual amount of blood in part of the body

'''seraglio'''<br />
the living quarters of a Turkish harem

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

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'''varicotic'''<br />
having varicose veins

'''onyx'''<br />
a deep black form of quartz

'''''specular'''''
 
actually, 'specular' does not appear to be the correct term because it refers to reflection characteristic of a mirror
: ''specular'' also means "assisting light", like optic equipments (lenses, etc.), so it looks correct to me in this context.

'''kyphotic'''<br />
having abnormal curvature of the spine

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'''climacteric'''<br />
A period of decrease in reproductive capacity; in women, menopause.

'''Infantilist'''<br />
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'''<br />
in Zen Buddhism, statements that defy rational explanation upon which to meditate

'''sado-periodontal'''<br \>
Periodontology is the dental speciality concerned with the supporting structures of the teeth - gums, alveolar bone, periodontal ligament, etc. Sado-periodontal, then refers to sadistic treatment involving the gums, most likely.

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'''misnomer'''<br />
a misapplied name or designation

'''''The Green Door'''''<br />
The full title of the 1972 film is [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068260/ "Behind the Green Door"].

'''''Deep Throat'''''<br />
another pornographic film from 1972, starring [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001483/ Linda Lovelace]

'''jism'''<br />
slang for semen

'''interrogatives'''<br />
questions

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'''expatriates'''<br />
people living outside their countries of origin

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

'''aspirating'''<br />
inhaling

=After the Interview=

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'''She'''<br />
i.e., Joelle

'''Middlesex County'''<br />
a county comprising most of the suburbs northwest and west of Boston

=Hi, Mikey=

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'''the hook'''<br />
presumably, the sister's hand; or the screen door is still secured by its hooking mechanism to keep him out

'''boatayouse'''<br />
i.e., "both of you"

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'''a hundred m.'s'''<br />
a little over 328 feet

=The Assistant District Attorney=

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'''easement'''<br />
a right of way across a plot of property owned by another

'''Suffolk County'''<br />
the county in Massachusetts where Boston is

'''McDonald's House'''<br />
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

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'''Tooty'''<br />
apparently the ADA's wife

'''Fourth- and Eighth-Step'''<br />
two of the original Twelve Steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous program: 4) "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves," and 8) "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all"

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'''weal'''<br />
welfare

'''peroxide'''<br />
hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>), used as a bleach and whitener

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

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