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845 · AFR on the Move

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gauche
French for "left," it denotes a person who makes faux-pas.

846 · Gately Dreaming

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Taj Mahal

Taj
i.e., the Taj Mahal; Wikipedia

viscous
very thick

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starkers
i.e., stark naked

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851 · Hal Narrates

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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment

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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

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terre batu
French for "beaten earth," this is a reference to French clay courts.

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854 · Gately's Dreaming Continued

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effulgence
shining brilliance

hulpil
probably a misspelling of "huipil," which is a kind of thin Mexican blouse

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huaraches
Mexican sandals

B.U.M.
perhaps Boston University Multimedia - but more likely B.U.M. Equipment, a clothes manufacturer that can be read about here

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w.o.m.
word of mouth

jimson
another name for loco weed

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Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. (1938-2007), was an American motorcycle daredevil.

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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.

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orchasm
i.e., orgasm, an interesting pun considering it incorporates "chasm," meaning "abyss"

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864 · Hal's Narration Continues

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11-18-EST0456
November 18, Eastern Standard Time, 04:56 a.m.

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Mount Auburn
probably the Mount Auburn Club in Watertown, Mass.

F.A.A.
Federal Aviation Administration

skirling
shrieking; playing of bagpipes

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Winchester double-aughts
This is the Winchester 00 rifle, "aught" being a widespread expression for "zero."

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confected
candied or covered in sugar

medials
i.e., medians

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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

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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

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tacit
unspoken

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Endnote 352

Y.D.A.U.

betel-nut extract
This extract causes the teeth and gums to be stained red

internecine
between siblings

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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

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hypomanic
not quite manic, but close

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joss
luck

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hawked
spit

nihil
Latin: nothing

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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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