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845 · AFR on the Move
Contents
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- 2 Page 846
- 3 Page 847
- 4 Page 848
- 5 Page 849
- 6 Page 850
- 7 Page 851
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- 9 Page 852
- 10 Page 853
- 11 Page 854
- 12 Page 854
- 13 Page 856
- 14 Page 857
- 15 Page 859
- 16 Page 861
- 17 Page 863
- 18 Page 864
- 19 Page 865
- 20 Page 866
- 21 Page 867
- 22 Page 868
- 23 Page 870
- 24 Page 871
- 25 Page 872
- 26 Page 873
- 27 Endnote 352
- 28 Page 873 (cont'd)
- 29 Page 874
- 30 Endnote 353
- 31 Page 874
- 32 Page 875
- 33 Page 876
Page 845
gauche
French for "left," it denotes a person who makes faux-pas.
846 · Gately Dreaming
Page 846
Page 847
Taj
i.e., the Taj Mahal; Wikipedia
viscous
very thick
Page 848
Page 849
Page 850
starkers
i.e., stark naked
Page 851
851 · Hal Narrates
Page 851
Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
Page 852
50 cm.
nearly 20 inches
conic sections
These are studied in advanced trig; they are geometric shapes forced by passing a plane through a double-naped cone at different angles and observing the cross-sections, i.e., circles, ovals, parabolas, and hyperbolas
Page 853
terre batu
French for "beaten earth," this is a reference to French clay courts.
Belize
Mozambique
Page 854
854 · Gately's Dreaming Continued
Page 854
effulgence
shining brilliance
hulpil
probably a misspelling of "huipil," which is a kind of thin Mexican blouse
Page 856
huaraches
Mexican sandals
B.U.M.
perhaps Boston University Multimedia
Page 857
w.o.m.
word of mouth
jimson
another name for loco weed
Page 859
Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. (1938-2007), was an American motorcycle daredevil.
Page 861
UPS
United Parcel Service
Route 45
U.S. Route 45 runs from US-98 in Mobile, Ala., to I-43/I-94 in Milwaukee. It passes through Kentucky.
Page 863
orchasm
i.e., orgasm, an interesting pun considering it incorporates "chasm," meaning "abyss"
Page 864
864 · Hal's Narration Continues
Page 865
11-18-EST0456
November 18, Eastern Standard Time, 04:56 a.m.
Page 866
Mount Auburn
probably the Mount Auburn Club in Watertown, Mass.
F.A.A.
Federal Aviation Administration
skirling
shrieking; playing of bagpipes
Page 867
Winchester double-aughts
This is the Winchester 00 rifle, "aught" being a widespread expression for "zero."
Page 868
confected
candied or covered in sugar
medials
i.e., medians
Page 870
hyper-v'd
hyperventilated
cantilevered
having a "projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length" (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)
Telekiniption
i.e., telekinesis
occlusive
descriptive of a bandage that closes a wound and keeps it from air
Page 871
Subhadronic
making up the parts of the parts of an atom; very, very small
Moët
Moët & Chandon is a French champagne manufacturer
parotitic
having the mumps
half a meter
about 1.64 feet
dermis
skin
Page 872
tacit
unspoken
Page 873
Endnote 352
betel-nut extract
This extract causes the teeth and gums to be stained red
internecine
between siblings
Page 873 (cont'd)
naif
a naive male
dessicated
dried up
S.-B. I.Q.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Quotient
Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken
sinecure
an office requiring little or no work
Ba'hai
a misspelling of Bahá'í, a Middle-Eastern faith
Page 874
hypomanic
not quite manic, but close
Endnote 353
joss
luck
Page 874
hawked
spit
nihil
Latin: nothing
Page 875
Good prince Hal
Falstaff addresses the future King Henry V in this manner in Act II, scene ii, of I Henry IV.
cachinated
misspelling of cachinnated, i.e., laughed loudly
compadre
Spanish term for "friend"
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