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'''packy'''<br />
short for "package store," it's where one buys alcohol
 
'''pre-metric'''<br />
in the alternate timeline of [i]Infinite Jest[i], 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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