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785 · A First-Time Visitor to Ennet House
Contents
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- 6 Page 788
- 7 Endnote 329
- 8 Page 788 (cont'd)
- 9 Page 789
- 10 Page 790
- 11 Page 791
- 12 Page 792
- 13 Page 793
- 14 Page 794
- 15 Page 795
- 16 Page 795
- 17 Page 795
- 18 Endnote 333
- 19 Page 795 (cont'd)
- 20 Page 796
- 21 Page 797
- 22 Page 798
- 23 Page 799
- 24 Page 800
- 25 Page 801
- 26 Page 802
- 27 Page 803
- 28 Endnote 336
- 29 Page 804
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- 31 Page 806
- 32 Page 807
- 33 Page 808
Page 785
Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
Page 786
depose
ask questions of someone while under oath
A.T.E.
Hal is wearing his jacket inside out.
Page 787
787 (1) · Endnote 324
Page 787
787 (2) · The Molly Notkin Interview
Page 787
post-Marxist
an adherent school of thought that encompasses the arts as well as politics
Page 788
co-op
a co-operative, i.e., an apartment building that is jointly owned by the tenants
V or VI
The filmography of Incandenza presented in an earlier (lengthy) endnote would seem to indicate that there were only five versions of the film, although the fifth version was apparently reviewed, which would mean that the "entertainment" so desperately sought is actually a sixth version.
instantiation
a representation of an idea, here visual
anamorphosized
changed from one form to another as a step in evolution
Endnote 329
heuristic
serving to indicate or point out
Page 788 (cont'd)
Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad
Rube-Goldbergesque
Reuben Garret Lucius "Rube" Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Jewish-American cartoonist, famous for drawing incredibly complicated devices used to perform simple tasks.
Page 789
parturient
about to give birth
synecdoche
This complicated figure of speech is explained here.
venery
the gratification of sexual desire
keel
This word denotes "the principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached" (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). Here it is used in the sense of "on an even keel," i.e., sane.
Page 790
interrment
a misspelling of interment, i.e., burial
thanatoptic
regarding a vision of death
Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar
felo de self
a misspeaking of felo de se
Page 791
olla podrida
a type of stew popular in Spain
cerise
a vivid purplish red
malcathected
attached to emotionally in a negative way
Page 792
Liebestod
German: love of death
antinomically
in a manner suggesting opposition of laws
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was a French philosopher.
Incest and the Life of Death in Capitalist Entertainment
There is no such title.
malefic
having a bad influence
menses
menstruation
Pap smears
screenings for female reproductive cancers, named for Georgios N. Papanikolaou (1883-1962), a Greek oncologist
Putti
Italian: statues of human babies
Page 793
tines
prongs of a fork
beau
boyfriend
Page 794
bell-jar
a type of laboratory glassware -- also the title of a novel by Sylvia Plath
itinerant
traveling from place to place
pointers
A pointer is a breed of hunting dog
Page 795
Lucille Duquette
Molly is lying about Joelle's real name, but this name means something like "Light of the Collection."
795 (1) · Endnote 332
Page 795
795 (2) · Hal's First Meeting
Page 795
Endnote 333
exurbs
towns too far away from cities to be called "suburbs" but not far enough to be rural
Nantucket
an island of Massachusetts about 30 miles south of Cape Cod
Page 795 (cont'd)
Route 27
a Massachusetts highway running from Route 106 in Kingston to Route 4 in Chelsmfold
Page 796
condonation
overlooking of an offense
Abandoned All Hope
In Dante's Inferno, the sign above Hell reads, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
shunpike
a side road to avoid taking a turnpike
Rte. 9
a Massachusetts highway running from US-20 in Pittsfield (western Massachusetts) to Route 28 in Boston
I-90
an interstate running from Seattle to Boston
NPR
National Public Radio
George Will
George Frederick Will (born 1941) is a conservative American columnist. wallace implies that he has had his voicebox removed and now speaks with a prosthetic voicebox.
Cleveland Circle
a neighborhood of Boston
Page 797
Æolic
an ancient Greek dialect spoken between 800 and 300 BC
Thynne
This is probably a reference to Francis Thynne (1544-1608), an English administrator at the College of Arms in London.
taproot
something that provides a central source for growth
Cynewulf
probably a reference to the Anglo-Saxon poet by that name
penumbra
a shadowy, gray area
gneiss
a form of metamorphic rock
Quabbin
the name of a reservoir in Massachusetts
Burma-Shave
an old brand of shaving cream that advertised with consecutive road signs that rhymed
Lombardy
a region of northern Italy with its capital at Milan
quoins
cornerstones
Page 798
deignition
shutting down of an engine
lintel
a horizontal piece of architecture supporting the weight above a window or door
puce
dark or brownish purple
'Seated Harlequin'
You can see this painting here.
Page 799
Rubikular
referring to Rubik's cube
scrip
paper money
São Paulo
the capital of Brazil
altruistic
tending to do good things for their own sakes
"...the color of Thousand Island dressing..."
sort of light orange
Page 800
bereft
deprived, especially by a death
Page 801
diglobular
consisting of two lumps of fat
Page 802
treacly
having the quality of molasses
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born 1937) is an American composer and pianist.
Page 803
inguinal
situated in the groin
lachrymucus
mucus flowing as a result of crying
Dedham
a town in Massachusetts about 12 miles southwest of Boston
Wharton
the business school of the University of Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia)
Endnote 336
sudoriferous
sweaty
Page 804
Humboldt County
probably the county in far-north California
Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland
pizzicato
the musical effect of the plucking of strings on a classical instrument
civety
A civet is a small carnivorous mammal that emits a strange smell.
Page 805
Fred MacMurray
Fredrick Martin MacMurray (1908-1991) was an American actor who starred as a father in the television show My Three Sons
in loco parentis
Latin: in the place of parents
Page 806
widow's peak
a hairline that comes to a point in the center of the forehead
narcosis
tendency to cause sleep
Addis Ababa
the capital of Ethiopia
American Falls
the American part of Niagara Falls
Page 807
imperial
a small pointed beard beneath the lower lip
vivisecting
cutting up while still alive
timpani
large drums used in orchestras
Appian Way
an ancient Roman road
cannoli
an Italian pastry stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese
Page 808
'I Don't Know (How to Love Him)'
a song from the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, sung by the character of Mary Magdalene
cytological
like microscopic cells
